On 2013-04-17 22:04, Sébastien Luttringer wrote:
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera <hugo@osvaldobarrera.com.ar> wrote:
One of the problems with the new package in [community], is that it's build configuration differs SO MUCH from the defaults (and my own package), that their settings are incompatible. I belive this goes against the Arch way, which is to stay as close as possible to upstream. Dude. Against the Arch way... you are harsh.
There is NO patch[1]. Only configure options (provided by upstream).
Yes, but they differ from the defaults for no aparent reason. For example, since the sysconfdir was different, upon update, my email stop being sent from most machines (only my desktop kept working, since I run opensmtpd-snapshot on it). Also, since the user that runs smtpd is different, my spool was inaccesible to the daemon once I fixed that.
Also, the one in [community] has explicit flags that actually reduce security (for what reason, I wonder?). Please open a bug report[2] and explain where I made a mistake. I'll be pleased to fix it.
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34835 https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34836
At first, I though I'd contact the author, but I couldn't find out how. The PKGBUILD does not include the maintainer's email, and he's not listed as a TU or Dev. You can find me on the TU page[3] and details about opensmtpd in the package page[4] (hint: Maintainer field).
Indeed, you're in the TU page, so that was my mistake. I think I use ctrl+f, and didn't type in the accent when searching for you
Finally, I'm a bit surprised as to how this happened. I planned to propose to move my own package from AUR to [community] at some point, but not yet, since it only has 7 votes (way less than what the wiki describes neccesary).
Be delighted with this move. You will not have to maintain it yourself anymore. No need to thanks TUs and Developers for their work. It's free as beer.
Mind you, I *am* thankful, and I'm glad that opensmtpd moved into [community], since it's a piece of software I'd very much like to see grow and this is a huge step in that direction. But it would have been nice to have gotten some notice or something, since I maintained an extremely similar packge in AUR. I know you didn't base your package on mine, but just as a simple courtesy/heads up.
Secondly, I'm confused as to how this is done. If there's a package in AUR, isn't that moved into [community] instead of writing a brand new one? I'm sorry, I doesn't took your package. I was not "inspired" by what you do and I started a new one from scratch. No offense!
No offense taken, though I'm actually curious as to why that was.
Please don't take this as a rant of "You broke my email setup!", but rather as a "Hey, this isn't very transpart to the community; how do these thing happen? How do I contact the maintainer? What was the procedure to get this package into [community]? Is there any way I can participate in it's maintenence?" Transpart?
Oops, I meant transparent. For example, I had not expected it to be possible to move opensmtpd into [community] due to the low amount of votes the package had, so I was rather curious as to HOW that package made it into [community]. This has been clarified offlist though.
You can participate by suggesting new behaviour / stuff into our bug report system[2]. By offering your help to upstream developper. Or if you want helps Archlinux on more than one package, you can start walk the path to become a TU.
I've honestly considered this a few times, but I don't really participate in IRC/forums enough to qualify, IMHO. Nor am I familiar with any TU to seek sponorship.
Cheers,
[1] https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=... [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/ [3] https://www.archlinux.org/trustedusers/ [4] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/opensmtpd/
-- Sébastien "Seblu" Luttringer https://www.seblu.net GPG: 0x2072D77A
-- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera