January 2008 - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-dev-public] libldap 2.3.40-1
by Tom K 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hi all. In testing now, for both arches. Latest upstream release. Also in testing, openldap and openldap-clients from the extra repo. T.

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[arch-dev-public] repo cleanup: step 2
by Eric Belanger 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Hi, This post is to give a status report on the still ongoing repo cleanup. The list of the recently removed packages is posted at the end of this message. The current orphans are as follows. We still have a short list of hardware-related or more or less useful packages: apmd bluez-gnome ipvsadm isapnptools mrtg speedtouch vconfig zebra But now I would like to focus more on orphaned core packages: dash mlocate perl shadow abs heimdal bcm43xx-fwcutter bridge-utils dnsutils ifenslave netkit-telnet mailx (Aaron: adopt it if you still want it) and on orphaned depends (see https://dev.archlinux.org/wiki/Repo%20Cleanup/) The list of orphaned depends also indicates what packages depends on these orphans and, in some cases, who owns them. As mentionned previously, it would be nice if everyone would make efforts to adopt the depends of their packages because it is just logical and would surely ease the .so bump rebuilds. Of course, anyone is free to adopt any orphans that they wish. However, it is possible that some devs already have the maximum workload that they can handle so they can't really adopt any or all of their packages' orphaned depends. If it's the case for you, let us know. Perhaps someone else, who can add to their current workload, would be willing to adopt some of these orphans especially if they use the package that depends on them. I'm sure we'll be able to split the present orphans workload somehow. Eric ================== Removed packages ================== adns dmcradio efax gpgme03 gprolog hashalot hnb hypermail ippl ircd jetty libnetdude libpcapnav mod_security netdude netkit-bootparamd netkit-ntalk netpipes oidentd pam_mysql perl-email-date perl-email-abstract perl-email-simple perl-module-pluggable perl-time-piece pidentd pppconfig sendfile tmda xprobe ytalk ================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] Openswan 2.4.11-1
by Tom K 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Now in testing for both archs - thanks for that, phrak. :) T.

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[arch-dev-public] NFS 4 support request, opinions?
by Tobias Powalowski 09 Feb '08

09 Feb '08

Hi http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8486 http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NFSv4 required packages for core: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=13630 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=13625 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=13629 nfs4-utils is not really needed it will be included in nfs-utils i think it would be a good idea to provide the users nfs4 support out of the box, i haven't used it but it seems reasonable to me. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] man 1.6f-2 and groff 1.19.2-4
by Aaron Griffin 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

These two come as one nice little change, as they both need to go to core at the same time. * man 1.6f-2 Build with FHS compliance. Remove the default latin1 output, let the groff decide the charset Ref: http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2008-January/004177.html * groff 1.19.2-4 Fix the output in utf8 mode so characters match those we can actually type Ref: http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2008-January/004223.html Please sign off

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] bash 3.2.033-2 and filesystem 2007.11-6
by Aaron Griffin 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

These two have been bumped because apparently some people still had problems due to an edge case with the generation of pacnew files I bumped both the package and the md5sum on profile in order to get around edge cases with no pacnew files bash was a version bump too mainly to move the man pages filesystem changes: Setup for FHS compliant man pages - FS#8839 Claim ownership of /etc/profile from bash - FS#4766 Remove LESSCHARSET env var from /etc/profile - FS#8877 bash changes: Update patch level to 033 Remove /etc/profile from package. Move bashisms to /etc/profile.bash - FS#4766 /etc/profile was also largely revamped. Please comment on the changes there if you'd like. I'd like to get these into core as soon as possible

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[arch-dev-public] Extra Removal: po4a
by Aaron Griffin 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Do we need this package for anything? It's a translation tool for developers, I brought it in for pacman translations back in the day, but we've since moved away from it - any qualms with removing it from extra?

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[arch-dev-public] PPC site down?
by Aaron Griffin 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

Hey guys, I saw a forum post about archlinuxppc.org being down, and wanted to know if anyone was aware. I fear that email may not be reaching Alex, as his email is served through there. Anyone know anything?

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[arch-dev-public] manpages broken for non-testing users
by Thomas Bächler 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

From reports I got from IRC, it sounds like manpages which are still in /usr/share/man are not found by man. The installed man and filesystem packages in these cases are: man 1.6f-1 filesystem 2007.11-3 Can we move the involved packages to core soon, so this will be fixed?

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] kernel26-2.6.24-2
by Tobias Powalowski 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

Hi kernel bump to .24 series for both arches in testing, please signoff - added the new arch logos - added efi framebuffer support - added timer stats option also for x86_64 - fixed battery status for laptops apps that still use /proc interface please also signoff the modules: madwifi ndiswrapper rt2500 wlan-ng26 ipw3945 (resurected, thanks thomas :) ) integrated upstream into .24 series: iwlwifi rt2x00-cvs no signoff needed for them anymore greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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