March 2018 - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-dev-public] Moving extra/radvd to [community] (to adopt it)
by Thore Bödecker 08 Mar '18

08 Mar '18

Hey, currently the radvd package sits in extra with an open issue that is really annoying: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/57310 With this mail I'm offering to adopt and maintain this package if there are no objections. In order for me to do so it would need to moved from extra to community as I'm only a TU. Cheers, Thore --

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[arch-dev-public] Windows Subsystem Linux - Arch Linux as official container?
by Christian Rebischke 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Hello everybody, I would like to start a discussion about Windows Subsystem Linux and Arch linux. You all might know that Microsoft has increased their participation in open source software a lot since Satya Nadella is CEO of Microsoft. They even implemented a subsystem on Windows 10 for executing natively ELF binaries on Windows. This system is based on docker images and some nice guys from Microsoft have asked Allan and me if Arch Linux would be interested to participate in this project. The steps for getting into the project are: * Signup in the Microsoft Appstore (we would get a free voucher if we want to participate) as Organization (we need the ok from one of our trademark holders for this step) * modifying our docker container a little bit * pushing it into the microsoft appstore So what do you think? Should we participate in that project? Here are some pros and contras: pro: - CentOS and Ubuntu are there too - Would be a nice chance to increase the awareness about Arch Linux - might get people to change from Windows to Arch Linux (or linux in general) - Nice way to test our docker image in production - People who are forced to work on windows at work can use Arch Linux at work as well - More bugreports / feedback / forum activity? contras: - Microsoft is Microsoft (I think I don't need to explain) - More Newbies? - Somebody would need to maintain it (I would do it) - If Arch Linux partnerships with Microsoft could lead into bad image? I would like to hear as much feedback as possible. So don't be shy :) I want to give feedback to the microsoft guys in round about 1 week. I guess that should be enough to dicuss this topic. So deadline is 2018-02-7 -- Chris

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[arch-dev-public] Arch Linux Wiki move
by Giancarlo Razzolini 03 Mar '18

03 Mar '18

Hi All, I am about to move the wiki to apollo. I'm estimating that it will be down for one to two hours. Please, let me know if any of you notice something not working on it. I have tested the role extensively, but you never know. Regards, Giancarlo Razzolini

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[arch-dev-public] PSA: third-party gems have been split from 'ruby' package
by Anatol Pomozov 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Hello folks There been a packaging issue with 'ruby' package that annoyed me for a while. The problem comes from the fact that ruby-lang.org source tarballs contain ruby sources itself *and* some third party packages from rubygems.org. The third-party gems shipped by 'ruby' tarball are: minitest, net-telnet, did_you_mean, power_assert, rake, test-unit, xmlrpc, rdoc. Currently we repack these gems and ship it as a part of ruby Arch package. Because gems are bundled with ruby package we have no way to update gems separately. All we can do is to wait until ruby developers update their bundle and release it. The plan is to split these gems from 'ruby' package and install it independently from what ruby developers bundle. Upcoming ruby changes do that - ruby-2.5.0-4 will not include any of the third-party gems mentioned above. Two popular packages - rake and rdoc will get Arch packages (ruby-rake and ruby-rdoc respectively). Other gems need to be installed either from AUR or from gem.

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