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[arch-general] [PATCH] core/linux: symlink current documentation on kernel upgrade
by Quint Guvernator 27 Aug '16

27 Aug '16

Hi all, Currently, Linux documentation provided by the linux-docs package is installed in /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/Documentation. We like documentation in /usr/share/doc 'round these parts, as per the Packaging Guidelines. Additionally, symlinking in the package means that users always have a path to the latest kernel documentation, without having to fiddle around with uname. Patch attached. Please let me know if I should be submitting this on a different list, or if there are formatting problems. Cheers, Quint

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[arch-general] interested in becoming a TU
by Storm Dragon 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Howdy, I am interested in becoming a TU. I have several packages in the AUR, including magic-wormhole{,-git}, rndsig, libsonic-git, rsgames, etc. My main area of interested, in maintinaing packages as a TU, would be accessibility related items, E.G. orca, speech-dispatcher, espeakup. Before I actually apply, I'd like to get some feedback from an already existing TU, to make sure I have the required skillset, and just get some general pointers. If anyone is willing to help and eventually sponsor me, please contact me off list. Thanks Storm -- Powered by Arch Linux! I am registered Linux user number 508465: https://linuxcounter.net/user/508465.html My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.tk/ get my public PGP key: gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 43DDC193 Twitter and Facebook are so ... yesteryear. Get your 2MB Social account TODAY! http://2mb.social/main/register Get paid to read email: http://is.gd/feRiB "Brains for dinner, brains for lunch, brains for breakfast, brains for brunch. Brains at every single meal, why can't we have some guts?" The Misfits - Braineaters

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[arch-general] Unable to release package
by Nicola Squartini 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Hi, Trying to release electron-1.3.4-1, I issued /community/db-update on repos.archlinux.org but I get: ==> WARNING: Repo [community] (i686) is already locked by sourceballs. -> Retrying in 10 seconds... repeating. Is there something wrong with the db? Nicola

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[arch-general] Opinions on PowerShell?
by Hunter Connelly 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Recently, Microsoft released the source code for PowerShell under the MIT license. Here's the link for that. https://github.com/powershell/powershell I was wondering what you guys thought about it. Specifically, if any of you will be using it, if you think it should be in the main repos, what this might mean for the future, etc.

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Signoff report for [testing] - KDE pacman install errors
by Genes Lists 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

On Sun, 2016-08-21 at 08:07 +0000, Arch Website Notification wrote: > === Signoff report for [testing] === > https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ > > There are currently: > * 402 new packages in last 24 hours > * 0 known bad packages > * 0 packages not accepting signoffs > * 12 fully signed off packages > * 414 packages missing signoffs > * 4 packages older than 14 days > > Tried to update today but I am getting the following errors: :: Starting full system upgrade... :: Replace akonadi-contact with testing/akonadi-contacts? [Y/n] :: Replace kdegraphics-kolourpaint with testing/kolourpaint? [Y/n] :: Replace kdesdk-cervisia with testing/cervisia? [Y/n] :: Replace kdeutils-kdf with testing/kdf? [Y/n] resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... :: kldap and kio-pim are in conflict. Remove kio-pim? [y/N] y error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: kde-meta-kdegraphics: removing kdegraphics-kolourpaint breaks dependency 'kdegraphics-kolourpain t' :: kde-meta-kdesdk: removing kdesdk-cervisia breaks dependency 'kdesdk- cervisia' :: kde-meta-kdeutils: removing kdeutils-kdf breaks dependency 'kdeutils-kdf' Trying to say 'no' to kde-pim leads to this error: :: kldap and kio-pim are in conflict. Remove kio-pim? [y/N] error: unresolvable package conflicts detected error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies) :: kldap and kio-pim are in conflict -- Gene lists(a)sapience.com

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[arch-general] Is ncurses in Arch Linux out-dated?
by Chi Hsuan Yen 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Hi Archers, ncurses 6.0 is released in 2015/08/08. It has some bugs and part of them are fixed. For example, I was just hit by http://bugs.python.org/issue27323. On bug-ncurses mailing list there are some patch versions. The latest one is 6.0-20160820: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2016-08/msg00010.html. If I want to fix the aforementioned Python issue, should Arch Linux 1) Bump the ncurses package to 6.0-20160820, or 2) Just backport the relevant patch For 1), I just need to flag to package out-of-date, for 2), I have to submit a bug and request backporting. Any similar cases in other packages? Best, Yen Chi Hsuan

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[arch-general] Pacman Hooks
by Jayesh Badwaik 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Hi, I have been trying to write some hooks for my pacman and so, I search the internet for it. I could not find any documentation on it, apart from some examples and a blog post on Allan McRae's blog. I was wondering if there is such a documentation or not? -- Cheers Jayesh Badwaik

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[arch-general] Mutt Compile-time Configuration
by Dutch Ingraham 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

Hello all: Mutt 1.7.0 was just released.[1] One new feature is the sidebar, which up to now required a patched version of mutt from the AUR. However, it is a compile-time option and it appears as though the Arch packager has decided to not enable it (my muttrc will throw an error if I try and configure the sidebar.) Can someone more familiar than myself explain why a packager would decide to do this? In other words, what are the general considerations for including certain options at compile-time? (In this particular case, the sidebar would not be turned on until configured in the muttrc, so compiling the option into the package would not affect those who do not want it.) Thanks for your replies. [1]https://marc.info/?l=mutt-users&m=147154326009383

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Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 142, Issue 29
by ITwrx.org 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

On 08/19/2016 10:45 AM, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:27:16 -0400 > From: Hunter Connelly <blueblur112198(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 142, Issue 24 > Message-ID: <3A86BC26-0A26-4F9A-9E41-E123728F4C11(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I was just wondering about what people thought about having MS code in the repos. I remember Skype used to be in multilib, and that wasn't even open source. I didn't expect this much of a reaction. Sorry if this isn't the place to discuss things like that. i was purposefully trying to make it clear that i was not trying to give you a hard time(maybe i did a poor job of that), while at the same time responding with my honest perspective on the matter b/c i felt the topic was important. I, generally speaking, don't agree with having any proprietary software in official repos but i'm not the one doing the work/packaging and i've never really even looked into it well enough to state an educated opinion, so i've never said anything about that, IIRC. I have no hard feelings towards you, it's hard for any of us to say anything that won't be taken wrong in or be in violation of someone's delicate sensibilities in a mailing list, especially with heated topics. It might be more accepted to post about aur packages in aur-general, though. I unsubscribed to aur-general due to discussions on software i wasn't using, etc.

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Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 142, Issue 24
by ITwrx.org 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

On 08/18/2016 08:49 PM, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > Send arch-general mailing list submissions to > arch-general(a)archlinux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-general > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > arch-general-owner(a)archlinux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of arch-general digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Opinions on PowerShell? (Hunter Connelly) > 2. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Kyle Terrien) > 3. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Eli Schwartz) > 4. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Kyle Terrien) > 5. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Hunter Connelly) > 6. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Eli Schwartz) > 7. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Eli Schwartz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:30:27 -0400 > From: Hunter Connelly <blueblur112198(a)gmail.com> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: [arch-general] Opinions on PowerShell? > Message-ID: <20160818233015.GA27297(a)Hunters-Laptop.fios-router.home> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Recently, Microsoft released the source code for PowerShell under the MIT license. > Here's the link for that. > > https://github.com/powershell/powershell > > I was wondering what you guys thought about it. > Specifically, if any of you will be using it, if you think it should be in the main repos, what this might mean for the future, etc. > Nothing personal to the OP(maybe this wasn't intentional flamebait), but I, myself, don't want to hear "news"/propaganda about MS open source trapware in an Arch Linux mailing list or anywhere else for that matter. I see it's been uploaded it to aur. great. I won't be using it or voting for it's inclusion in official repos. I'll refrain from responding to "what this might mean for the future".

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