[whateverboat]

Better would be to namespace AUR packages. That way, ownership is not lost and we don't need orphaning at all.

[no-name-here]

Are you suggesting like <package-name>.packaged-by.joe-Schmoe ? And then if Joe Schmoe abandons it, people should instead switch to <package-name>.packaged-by.Abe-Lincoln etc?

[whateverboat]

I mean we can talk about the actual naming scheme but essentially yes.

It is also an explicit signal of someone different taking over the ownership.