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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] sqlite3 3.6.14-1
by Andreas Radke 12 May '09

12 May '09

upstream update. please signoff. -Andy SQLite Release 3.6.14 On 2009 May 7 (3.6.14) Changes associated with this release include the following: * Added the optional asynchronous VFS module. * Enhanced the query optimizer so that virtual tables are able to make use of OR and IN operators in the WHERE clause. * Speed improvements in the btree and pager layers. * Added the SQLITE_HAVE_ISNAN compile-time option which will cause the isnan() function from the standard math library to be used instead of SQLite's own home-brew NaN checker. * Countless minor bug fixes, documentation improvements, new and improved test cases, and code simplifications and cleanups. A complete list of SQLite releases in a single pages is also available. A detailed history of every check-in is available at http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/timeline.

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] wireless_tools 29-3
by Tobias Powalowski 12 May '09

12 May '09

Hi fixed manpath: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13764 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] toolchain
by Allan McRae 12 May '09

12 May '09

Hi all, Signoffs are needed for the toolchain gcc-4.4.0 rebuild. This involves the following packages gcc{,-libs}-4.4.0-1 glibc-2.9-7 bintuils-2.9-7 kernel-headers-2.6.29.1-1 and two new deps for gcc: ppl-0.10.2-2 cloog-ppl-0.15.3-1 I was going to wait until glibc-2.10 arrived at the end of the week to give people time to find fixes for gcc-4.4 issues but there are issues with C++ programs compiled with gcc-4.4 running against (or to be more precise, not running with) the gcc-4.3 libs. So not moving the toolchain would probably block KDE from moving from [testing]. Also, Fedora has done their rebuild using gcc-4.4 for F11 so patches should be available for any problems encountered. Allan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] libdownload 1.3-2
by Tobias Powalowski 12 May '09

12 May '09

Hi fixed manpath: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13764 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] nfs-utils 1.1.6-1
by Allan McRae 12 May '09

12 May '09

Signoff for nfs-utils 1.1.6-1. This was an out-of-date orphan with a minor version bump. Not used or particularly tested at my end so two signoffs would be good. Allan

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[arch-dev-public] Audio packages
by Allan McRae 12 May '09

12 May '09

Hi all, Do we have a dev here that wants to spend some time with the audio packages? They have not received much love lately... The jackbeat update requires moving portaudio from [community]. We also have ardour that is quite out-of-date but requires adding several deps to the repos. I updated jack-audio-connection-kit, but it also needs a rework of is rc.d script to actually make it useful and I have not had time to address yet (if anybody wants to do this contact me for the details). So, what do we do? Is there a dev who has time and interest to take these over? Otherwise do we bring someone onboard to maintain these packages or encourage someone in the arch-audio group to become a TU and move them to community? Allan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] dmraid 1.0.14rc-3
by Tobias Powalowski 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi fixed manpath: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13764 greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] grub2 image support
by Ronald van Haren 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi, For those of you who are using grub2 and are interested in making your boot selection menu a bit nicer, the newly uploaded grub2 supports backgrounds and stuff. Config syntax in your grub.cfg is similar to: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode="1024x768x32" insmod gfxterm insmod vbe terminal_output gfxterm if terminal_output gfxterm; then true ; else terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod tga background_image /boot/grub/archlinux.tga +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ though obviously a background image is not included. Other image types should work as well if you load the correct modules (see the .mod files in /boot/grub) Ronald ps. I had to add a bdf-unifont package to the repo in order to make it work a bit easier. It is now a makedepend of grub2.

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[arch-dev-public] glibc and minimum kernel version
by Allan McRae 10 May '09

10 May '09

Now glibc-2.10 is out, I will be preparing another toolchain rebuild. One question that has been discussed previously is bumping the minimum kernel required by glibc. Bumping it too recent is full of stupid, but bumping it some would cut down on some unnecessary glibc workaround code. I am thinking that the minimal kernel version should be 2.6.22 which was released two years ago. It is the lowest kernel version that udev works with so people using kernels older than that need to do some workarounds anyway. Any comments/objections? Allan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] klibc 1.5.15-2
by Tobias Powalowski 10 May '09

10 May '09

Hi fixed manpath: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13764 along with this all depends rebuilt against new klibc package: klibc-udev, klibc-kbd, klibc-extras, v86d greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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