[arch-general] Unofficial User Repositories
Hi :) I've got some newbie questions regarding to the Unofficial User Repositories. Until now I only used some AUR packages and /etc/pacman.conf was set up like [1]. Now I'll uncomment multilib and add - archaudio-production - archstudio - kxstudio-free - kxstudio-non-free - arch-fonts - mate - archaudio-preview - archaudio-nightly - archaudio-experimental Is it recommended not to use some of those repositories to avoid a broken system? Is this order ok, or is another order more safe? Any recommendations when pro-audio is most important, followed by painting and graphic design and less important video production? Regards, Ralf [1] $ cat /etc/pacman.conf [snip] # - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages # have identical names, regardless of version number [snip] #[testing] #Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [core] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [extra] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist #[community-testing] #Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [community] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist # If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system, # enable the multilib repositories as required here. #[multilib-testing] #Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist #[multilib] #Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [snip]
On 15 January 2012 19:00, Ralf Madorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
Hi :)
I've got some newbie questions regarding to the Unofficial User Repositories. Until now I only used some AUR packages and /etc/pacman.conf was set up like [1]. Now I'll uncomment multilib and add - archaudio-production - archstudio - kxstudio-free - kxstudio-non-free - arch-fonts - mate - archaudio-preview - archaudio-nightly - archaudio-experimental
Is it recommended not to use some of those repositories to avoid a broken system? Is this order ok, or is another order more safe? Any recommendations when pro-audio is most important, followed by painting and graphic design and less important video production?
I am not familiar with these extra repositories but by the naming, I would suggest not to use 'archaudio-preview', 'archaudio-nightly' and 'archaudio-experimental' if you want the maximum stability. All these look like they aren't meant for daily use since there is already a 'archaudio-production'. So unless you want to test packages it might be better to stay away from these. --- Thanasis Georgiou
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Thanasis Georgiou <sakisds.s@gmail.com> wrote:
I am not familiar with these extra repositories but by the naming, I would suggest not to use 'archaudio-preview', 'archaudio-nightly' and 'archaudio-experimental' if you want the maximum stability.
The archaudio repos are described in the wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archaudio Generally, new versions may have nice new features and bugfixes but may sometimes be unstable.
On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 19:23 +0200, Thanasis Georgiou wrote:
On 15 January 2012 19:00, Ralf Madorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
Hi :)
I've got some newbie questions regarding to the Unofficial User Repositories. Until now I only used some AUR packages and /etc/pacman.conf was set up like [1]. Now I'll uncomment multilib and add - archaudio-production - archstudio - kxstudio-free - kxstudio-non-free - arch-fonts - mate - archaudio-preview - archaudio-nightly - archaudio-experimental
Is it recommended not to use some of those repositories to avoid a broken system? Is this order ok, or is another order more safe? Any recommendations when pro-audio is most important, followed by painting and graphic design and less important video production?
I am not familiar with these extra repositories but by the naming, I would suggest not to use 'archaudio-preview', 'archaudio-nightly' and 'archaudio-experimental' if you want the maximum stability. All these look like they aren't meant for daily use since there is already a 'archaudio-production'. So unless you want to test packages it might be better to stay away from these.
Thanks, this is my thought too, that's why I add those repos at the end of the list. So if there should e.g. be a broken codec in "nightly" it won't be installed, if there already is this codec in "production". I guess a broken "studio" app won't break the complete Arch install, but perhaps "mate" could cause issues regarding to GTK libs, that are able to break the complete install. Regards, Ralf
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Ralf Madorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
I guess a broken "studio" app won't break the complete Arch install, but perhaps "mate" could cause issues regarding to GTK libs, that are able to break the complete install.
Booting into the console rather than straight to X may help a bit but you should be able to go back to console even if the graphical environment doesn't want to cooperate.
On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 18:42 +0100, Karol Blazewicz wrote: [snip] On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 18:54 +0100, Karol Blazewicz wrote: [snip] Thank you :) excepted of some apps I'll anyway will compile from svn, e.g. Qtractor to enable translation, to compile it with proprietary headers etc., I seldom need latest versions. Regards, Ralf
`archaudio-preview' is pretty stable, `archaudio-production' is almost empty. I think the reason for that is people who use `-preview' are quite. They have some advantages over AUR. You can group install all plugins (ladspa-plugins, lv2-plugins etc), and they are maintained by the same group of people. archstudio is optimized to intel core i, I use it every day, no problems here. It will have many packages that live also in archaudio. Would be nice to have more interaction with the audio guys here. So quite...
I mean `quiet'
Hi Bernardo, On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 19:18 -0800, Bernardo Barros wrote:
`archaudio-preview' is pretty stable, `archaudio-production' is almost empty.
So I should change the order [1].
I think the reason for that is people who use `-preview' are quite.
They have some advantages over AUR. You can group install all plugins (ladspa-plugins, lv2-plugins etc), and they are maintained by the same group of people.
archstudio is optimized to intel core i, I use it every day, no problems here. It will have many packages that live also in archaudio.
I noticed this and didn't include it to my repositories.
Would be nice to have more interaction with the audio guys here. So quite...
:) Regards, Ralf [1] ---------- old ---------- $ cat /etc/pacman.conf [snip] [archaudio-production] [snip] [kxstudio-free] [snip] [kxstudio-non-free] [snip] [arch-fonts] [snip] [mate] [snip] [archaudio-preview] [snip] [archaudio-nightly] [snip] [archaudio-experimental] [snip] ---------- new ---------- $ cat /etc/pacman.conf [snip] [archaudio-production] [snip] [archaudio-preview] [snip] [kxstudio-free] [snip] [kxstudio-non-free] [snip] [arch-fonts] [snip] [mate] [snip] [archaudio-nightly] [snip] [archaudio-experimental] [snip]
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Bernardo Barros
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Karol Blazewicz
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Ralf Madorf
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Thanasis Georgiou