April 2014 - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org

Re: [arch-dev-public] Moving KDE3 and Gtk1 from [extra]
by Connor Behan 21 May '14

21 May '14

On 05/04/14 11:57 AM, rodseth(a)gmail.com wrote: > The only two packages I think might be worth extra concern here is: > > * imlib: needed by dfm, fvwm (should be possible to compile without > depending on imlib), kuickshow and tksystray. > > * libdv: used by a lot of packages. gtk is listed as both optional and > a make dependency. I assume this means that it can be compiled without > Gtk1. It is very easy to make libdv build (and the viewer run) against gtk2 instead, as my libdv-gtk2 package in the AUR does. If imlib is still a concern, I don't mind maintaining gtk1 in [community].

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[arch-dev-public] Fwd: [arch-general] Java 8
by Guillaume ALAUX 18 May '14

18 May '14

Hi devs, A new major version of Java went out recently [0]: "OpenJDK 8" but we do not have a package for it (for the following reason) and some Archers are asking questions [1] or flagging our openjdk7 package as out of date: All Linux distros - including Arch - build OpenJDK using the IcedTea project [2]. Its goal is to cleanly build OpenJDK from Oracle, bring some more feature and it **was** also to re-implement closed source parts. I expected IcedTea to quickly release a version for OpenJDK8 but it seems this is not their first priority [3] (which I totally understand). Nowadays there is no closed source part anymore in OpenJDK, and the license is clearly "GPL with classpath exception" which is a standard in the Java world. I have been working on a package based on OpenJDK8 built from source but without IcedTea that I think would fit to our repos. I still have some work for it to be released but I would be in favor of pushing this "OpenJDK without IcedTea" to extra until IcedTea v3.0 stable is out and could be used to build/augment our package. Any thought/objection/remark about? [0] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/announce/2014-March/000166.html [1] https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2014-March/035700.html [2] http://icedtea.classpath.org [3] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-March/026727.html -- Guillaume ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Guillaume ALAUX <guillaume(a)archlinux.org> Date: 29 March 2014 01:02 Subject: Re: [arch-general] Java 8 To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> On 28 March 2014 18:30, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm just wondering what the plan is, if any, for getting java 8 > packages into arch? > > -- > Caleb Cushing > > http://xenoterracide.com > > Calendar: > https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=xenoterracide%40gmail.com&ctz=Ame… Hello, There is no official Java 8 package in Arch Linux because the OpenJDK we provide uses the IcedTea [0] but unfortunately IcedTea has no stable version available **yet** for Java 8. More details about IcedTea roadmap here [1]. So the plan (for me at least) is to wait for IcedTea 3.0 that will support Java 8. Shipping a "vanilla" OpenJDK8 into extra (possibly from the binaries provided by Oracle) could be an option in the meantime. [0] http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-March/026727.html -- Guillaume

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[arch-dev-public] Inactivity for 1-2 weeks
by Rashif Ray Rahman 11 May '14

11 May '14

Hey folks My laptop broke down several days ago and I thought I might be able to get back to my system one way or another, but it has proven to be difficult. I will not be able to package for at least another week. I will read e-mails. Eric (4 and 5) needs updated, and they're both trouble-free. I also have 3 non-critical open tasks for a while in the bugtracker which I expect to close as soon as I can verify a number of things. Other than that, all is well. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

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[arch-dev-public] Upgrading to ntp-dev
by Gaetan Bisson 06 May '14

06 May '14

Hi all, The ntp-stable branch last saw a release in 2011. If there are no objections, I'll switch our ntp package to the ntp-dev branch, where all development effort (new features, bug fixes) has happened since. Upstream considers ntp-dev semi-stable (with unstable being the daily snapshots). What prompted me to do this is the recent ntp-based DoS [1]; it's currently only fixed in ntp-dev [2] although we are currently fine with the default ntp.conf shipped in our package because of the "noquery" option. [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26136774 [2] http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#DRDoS_Amplification_Att… Comments welcome. -- Gaetan

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[arch-dev-public] [Draft] - News announcement for GHC 7.8.2
by Thomas Dziedzic 02 May '14

02 May '14

Hey all, I would like feedback on this news announcement. Please bring up any issues you have with this post. Title: GHC 7.8.2 requires user intervention and brings changes. Content: The package haskell-transformers was previously a separate package but is now provided with ghc 7.8.2. Since ghc 7.8.2 does not replace haskell-transformers 0.3.0.0, the user must run the following command prior to upgrading their packages: pacman -Rcs haskell-transformers Changes that come with the release include: 1) Moving every package that is not ghc or cabal-install to [community]. This will allow better support of the core common haskell libraries since I do not actually use these packages due to cabal-install. 2) The valid paths that a user can take to install packages are the following: a) Using cabal-install to install haskell packages. This allows the user to access every haskell package in hackage. The problem is that you are now using packages that are managed outside of pacman. This is usually the best option if you are developing any haskell applications due to the new sandboxing that cabal-install 1.18 has introduced. b) Using pacman to install haskell packages. This allows the user to have access to a small subset of hackage packages which are known to work on archlinux and are usually good enough for non haskell developers. Note: These 2 paths should be considered mutually exclusive.

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[arch-dev-public] Signoff report for [testing]
by Arch Website Notification 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

=== Signoff report for [testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 0 new packages in last 24 hours * 0 known bad packages * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 6 fully signed off packages * 61 packages missing signoffs * 3 packages older than 14 days (Note: the word 'package' as used here refers to packages as grouped by pkgbase, architecture, and repository; e.g., one PKGBUILD produces one package per architecture, even if it is a split package.) == Incomplete signoffs for [core] (22 total) == * binutils-2.24-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * btrfs-progs-3.14.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * gawk-4.1.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * gcc-4.9.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * glibc-2.19-4 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * grub-1:2.02.beta2-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * libtool-2.4.2-13 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * linux-api-headers-3.14.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * psmisc-22.21-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * syslinux-6.03pre11-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * binutils-2.24-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * btrfs-progs-3.14.1-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * gcc-4.9.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * glibc-2.19-4 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * grub-1:2.02.beta2-3 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * libtool-2.4.2-13 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * linux-api-headers-3.14.1-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * lvm2-2.02.106-2 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * procps-ng-3.3.9-3 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * psmisc-22.21-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * syslinux-6.03pre11-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * util-linux-2.24.2-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [extra] (39 total) == * flickrnet-3.10.0-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * cabal-install-1.18.0.3-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * calligra-2.8.2-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * cups-filters-1.0.53-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * evas_generic_loaders-1.9.0-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ghc-7.8.2-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-http-4000.2.12-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-mtl-2.1.3.1-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-network-2.5.0.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-parsec-3.1.5-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-random-1.0.1.1-7 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-text-1.1.0.1-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-zlib-0.5.4.1-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * inkscape-0.48.4-15 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * liblastfm-1.0.8-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * libreoffice-4.2.4-0.2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * poppler-0.26.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * qemu-2.0.0-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * refind-efi-0.7.9-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * texlive-bin-2013.30973-10 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * cabal-install-1.18.0.3-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * calligra-2.8.2-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * cups-filters-1.0.53-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * evas_generic_loaders-1.9.0-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ghc-7.8.2-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-http-4000.2.12-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-mtl-2.1.3.1-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-network-2.5.0.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-parsec-3.1.5-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-random-1.0.1.1-7 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-text-1.1.0.1-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-zlib-0.5.4.1-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * inkscape-0.48.4-15 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * liblastfm-1.0.8-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * libreoffice-4.2.4-0.2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * poppler-0.26.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * qemu-2.0.0-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * refind-efi-0.7.9-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * texlive-bin-2013.30973-10 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Completed signoffs (6 total) == * linux-3.14.2-1 (i686) * lvm2-2.02.106-2 (i686) * procps-ng-3.3.9-3 (i686) * util-linux-2.24.2-1 (i686) * gawk-4.1.1-1 (x86_64) * linux-3.14.2-1 (x86_64) == All packages in [testing] for more than 14 days (3 total) == * grub-1:2.02.beta2-3 (i686), since 2014-04-07 * grub-1:2.02.beta2-3 (x86_64), since 2014-04-07 * flickrnet-3.10.0-1 (any), since 2014-04-10 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours ==

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[arch-dev-public] gcc-4.9 toolchain is now in [testing]
by Allan McRae 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

I have pushed the gcc-4.9 toolchain to the [testing] repo. There are a couple of testsuite failures remaining (detailed below). The binutils one I think is a false positive, the gcc one is unimportant. I am still unsure about the glibc issue and will discuss upstream. One this is out of [testing], I will change the CFLAGS from -fstack-protector to -fstack-protector-strong in our makepkg.conf. Changes: gcc-4.9.0-1: - new upstream release - http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html - currently small test failure on x86_64 only (c-c++-common/tsan/thread_leak1.c) linux-api-headers-3.14.1-1: - upstream update - add upstream patch to fix dual xattr.h inclusion binutils-2.24-3: - add upstream patch testsuite failures with gcc-4.9 - one failure (LTO 11) remains glibc-2.19-4: - replace hack fix for dual xattr.h inclusion with upstream one - i686 has minor failures in libm ULPs (patch sent upstream) - i686 has a failure in nptl/tst-cleanupx4.out. No idea on that one yet... libtool-2.4.2-13: - rebuild

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[arch-dev-public] Signoff report for [testing]
by Arch Website Notification 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

=== Signoff report for [testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 16 new packages in last 24 hours * 0 known bad packages * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 6 fully signed off packages * 67 packages missing signoffs * 3 packages older than 14 days (Note: the word 'package' as used here refers to packages as grouped by pkgbase, architecture, and repository; e.g., one PKGBUILD produces one package per architecture, even if it is a split package.) == New packages in [testing] in last 24 hours (16 total) == * calligra-2.8.2-2 (i686) * cups-filters-1.0.53-2 (i686) * evas_generic_loaders-1.9.0-2 (i686) * inkscape-0.48.4-15 (i686) * libreoffice-4.2.4-0.2 (i686) * poppler-0.26.0-1 (i686) * screen-4.2.1-1 (i686) * texlive-bin-2013.30973-10 (i686) * calligra-2.8.2-2 (x86_64) * cups-filters-1.0.53-2 (x86_64) * evas_generic_loaders-1.9.0-2 (x86_64) * inkscape-0.48.4-15 (x86_64) * libreoffice-4.2.4-0.2 (x86_64) * poppler-0.26.0-1 (x86_64) * screen-4.2.1-1 (x86_64) * texlive-bin-2013.30973-10 (x86_64) == Incomplete signoffs for [core] (22 total) == * binutils-2.24-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * btrfs-progs-3.14.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * gawk-4.1.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * gcc-4.9.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * glibc-2.19-4 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * grub-1:2.02.beta2-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * libtool-2.4.2-13 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * linux-api-headers-3.14.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * psmisc-22.21-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * syslinux-6.03pre11-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * binutils-2.24-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * btrfs-progs-3.14.1-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * gcc-4.9.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * glibc-2.19-4 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * grub-1:2.02.beta2-3 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * libtool-2.4.2-13 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * linux-api-headers-3.14.1-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * lvm2-2.02.106-2 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * procps-ng-3.3.9-3 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * psmisc-22.21-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * syslinux-6.03pre11-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * util-linux-2.24.2-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [extra] (45 total) == * flickrnet-3.10.0-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * cabal-install-1.18.0.3-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * calligra-2.8.2-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * claws-mail-3.9.3-4 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * cups-filters-1.0.53-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * evas_generic_loaders-1.9.0-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ghc-7.8.2-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-http-4000.2.12-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-mtl-2.1.3.1-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-network-2.5.0.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-parsec-3.1.5-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-random-1.0.1.1-7 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-text-1.1.0.1-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * haskell-zlib-0.5.4.1-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * inkscape-0.48.4-15 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * libetpan-1.4.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * liblastfm-1.0.8-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * libreoffice-4.2.4-0.2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * poppler-0.26.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * qemu-2.0.0-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * refind-efi-0.7.9-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * screen-4.2.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * texlive-bin-2013.30973-10 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * cabal-install-1.18.0.3-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * calligra-2.8.2-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * claws-mail-3.9.3-4 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * cups-filters-1.0.53-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * evas_generic_loaders-1.9.0-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ghc-7.8.2-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-http-4000.2.12-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-mtl-2.1.3.1-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-network-2.5.0.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-parsec-3.1.5-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-random-1.0.1.1-7 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-text-1.1.0.1-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * haskell-zlib-0.5.4.1-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * inkscape-0.48.4-15 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * libetpan-1.4.1-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * liblastfm-1.0.8-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * libreoffice-4.2.4-0.2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * poppler-0.26.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * qemu-2.0.0-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * refind-efi-0.7.9-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * screen-4.2.1-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * texlive-bin-2013.30973-10 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Completed signoffs (6 total) == * linux-3.14.2-1 (i686) * lvm2-2.02.106-2 (i686) * procps-ng-3.3.9-3 (i686) * util-linux-2.24.2-1 (i686) * gawk-4.1.1-1 (x86_64) * linux-3.14.2-1 (x86_64) == All packages in [testing] for more than 14 days (3 total) == * grub-1:2.02.beta2-3 (i686), since 2014-04-07 * grub-1:2.02.beta2-3 (x86_64), since 2014-04-07 * flickrnet-3.10.0-1 (any), since 2014-04-10 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. thomas - 2 signoffs

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[arch-dev-public] skype maintainer wanted
by Florian Pritz 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

Hi, I've stopped using skype quite a while ago and I don't want to maintain it any more. If anyone wants to take over, please adopt the package in archweb in the next ~2 weeks, otherwise I'll drop it to AUR. If you take over be aware of the following open bug: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39313 Synopsis: skype sometimes doesn't work with pulse, the workaround is broken for random people and pulse upstream doesn't care. Also note you'll need permissions to submit packages to [multilib], request them on arch-multilib if necessary.

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[arch-dev-public] News announcement for screen-4.2.0
by Gaetan Bisson 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

Hi guys, I'd like to post the following news announcement before releasing screen-4.2.0. Comments are welcome. The package currently resides in [staging] so as not to break [testing] systems before their admins get a chance to see this message. Title: screen-4.2.0 cannot reattach older instances Users of the screen program will not be able to reattach older instances after upgrading to version 4.2.0; this is due to upstream having made a lot of changes to the internals, and switching from named pipes to sockets for communication. Please ensure your current screen instances are not anymore needed before upgrading. Cheers. -- Gaetan

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