I would like to update the atari800 package

Question

I have a new PKGBUILD for the atari800 emulator that allows the user to select the build target: sdl, x11, etc. I noticed the package in AUR is outdated and the owner has not been on the forum since Oct. 2005 nor has he responded to my last email. What can be done?

Answer 1

Thanks tomk! A question comes up now because this new package is interactive and I recently received feedback for another package that was interactive stating that it should not be...
Are we not supposed to make PKGBUILDs interactive?
The situations are different since the atari800 PKGBUILD will ask for a build target while my other package raine (broken still because of the fonts) asks the user if they want to download emudx files. I realize it is better to create a separate package for the emudx files according to the AUR guidelines, but what about the atari800 package?
Here's what I have of the PKGBUILD for an example (still a work in progress):
# Contributor: robb_force <robb_force>
pkgname=atari800
pkgver=2.0.2
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="An emulator of the Atari 800/800XL/130XE/5200 with various extensions (320kB RAM, stereo sound and more)."
url="http://atari800.sourceforge.net/"
license="GPL"
depends=('libpng')
source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/${pkgname}/xf25.zip)
install=atari800.install
md5sums=('a81f8a5ace5fd89eb6094faef7c936af' '4dc3b6b4313e9596c4d474785a37b94d')
build()
# This emulator has a few linux compatible targets. Instead of creating
# multiple packages, prompt the user for a target.
_PS3="(1-4)> "
echo ""
echo "Choose a target for ${pkgname}:"
select _response in ncurses svgalib sdl x11
do
break
done
if [ "${_response}" = "" ]; then
echo "Bad selection"
exit
fi
# Pass the reponse to the configure script
cd ${startdir}/src/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/src
./configure --target=${_response} --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
make DESTDIR=${startdir}/pkg install
# Copy the required ROM images to /usr/share
cd ${startdir}/src
install -d ${startdir}/pkg/usr/share/${pkgname}
install -m644 *.ROM ${startdir}/pkg/usr/share/${pkgname}/