April 2008 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

[aur-general] SSL-Encrypted AUR?
by Marcel W. Wysocki 17 May '08

17 May '08

I'd really like to see the AUR being SSL encrypted. Everytime I login from an untrusted network someone could read my AUR password. Imho thats quite a security flaw. -- Marcel W. Wysocki <maci(a)satgnu.net>

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[aur-general] Community64 status again...
by Allan McRae 01 May '08

01 May '08

Hi TUs, I know I keep on about this but I just had a look at the pkg_diff page [1] and I noticed there has been a big increase in the number of differences between the i686 and x86_64 community repos. To put some numbers to this, since the 17th there has been 11 packages added to i686 but not x86_64 and another 29 packages have been updated in i686 but not x86_64. We are now up to 190 differences between the architectures. Taking away the lib32 packages and the known build failures [2] leaves about 80 differences that can be fixed. That is about double the amount in the extra repo and it has more packages in total... How do we fix this? Here is what I propose: 1. If you add a new package to community and can only build for one repo then you must post a message to the list asking for someone to build it for the other. I.e. if you are bringing the package to community, then you are responsible for getting it in both arches. 2. Everyone who does not have access to a x86_64 machine, should get access to the build machine by contacting Aaron. 3. If it is inconvenient to build x86_64 packages on the build box (e.g. because of having to wait on deps to sync) then you should arrange with one of the x86_64 using TU's to do the building for you. What do TU's think about these ideas? I'd like to get some official guidelines out there so I can prod consistent offenders (you know who you are....)! Regards, Allan [1] http://dev.archlinux.org/~andyrtr/pkg_diff.html [2] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Community64_Status

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[aur-general] Missing Packages
by aur-notify＠archlinux.org 01 May '08

01 May '08

Missing x86_64 Packages: No new package supplied for netbeans 6.1-1! -- This is an automated message. If you wish to stop receiving it twice a day, fix the package(s).

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[aur-general] [Help] Vegastrike
by Uwe Vogt 01 May '08

01 May '08

I like to build the packages for the Game Vegastrike http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/ I am not shure now how I will do it. I need some ideas. Option No. 1 I build one package all in one from http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/ Option No. 2 I build 3 packages "vegastrike", "vegastrike-data" and "vegastrike-music" build from Ubuntu's deb packages. Why I am asking is, I am in doubt with using ubuntu's deb packages and the download size from Vega Strike 0.5.0 is 488 Megabytes. With a fast Internet it will be no problem, but many people still using slower dialup or DSL. It is something what I don't like about AUR, that we only provide PKGBUILD and not the packages. regards Uwe

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[aur-general] Missing Packages
by aur-notify＠archlinux.org 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Missing x86_64 Packages: No new package supplied for netbeans 6.1-1! -- This is an automated message. If you wish to stop receiving it twice a day, fix the package(s).

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[aur-general] my absence
by Roman Kyrylych 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hi all! I apologize for being absent for so long time without a notice. Like some of you may remember - I've got a new full-time job in another city. I haven't found an apartment there yet, so I'm spending 5-6 hours each day in a bus or train, in total I'm not at home from 6 to 23 every working day. I do not have much time during a working day to spend in Internet, so I am unable to keep an eye on bugtracker. Even worse - I don't have internet at home again for a long time already. :-( I am hoping for things to came back to a good state next month. If someone have some free time - updating my packages is greatly appreciated. I'm open to orphaning my packages - just tell which one. If things won't get better next month - I will have to step down from TU position. Miss you and Arch... P.S.: The next time I'll be able to read email and reply to messages will be on Monday. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[aur-general] whoops
by Jason Tarbet 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

So I've been having an issue with uploading only one of my packages, the others seem to be fine. I have(had) the zaptel package and for several weeks now have been trying to update the package with the newest version (kept getting a failure to create the directory error. Today I tried what somebody on flyspray (or the mailing list, I forget) had suggested, which was to delete the package and try to re-upload. Well, that yielded same results and now there is no package to even comment on. Once the package is deleted, is it gone forever, or are their little bits of information left about it? I don't care about votes or anything, there were only 5 anyway, I just want to know if we could figure out why even with the package gone there was an error about creating the directory. Also there is no "are you sure" option for deleting so if you erroneously click delete, there is no recovery. Even a check box near the button would be ok. Any information/help would be useful! Thanks, Jason

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[aur-general] luvcview package
by Angel Velásquez 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hi i was configuring my webcam (an uvc one), i downloaded the package (luvcview) from AUR, and i had errors when i tried to compiling to test my webcam. When i went to the AUR url from the package http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7763 i read in the comments that someone fix the package, and in fact, works for me. So, also i've checked the packages of the user Michel and he isn't recently envolved with them (from December 2006 or something), so if someone orphan luvcview at least i can addopt that package. Thanks! P.S: the webcam works, weeee :-D -- Angel Velasquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Linux Counter: #359909

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[aur-general] b43-fwcutter
by Angel Velásquez 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Why this package is in AUR when is in core with the same name?. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13433 check this out. cheers -- Angel Velasquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Linux Counter: #359909

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[aur-general] Orphan request: avra
by Jan Tichavský 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

I'd like to maintain avra package, it's long time out of date and the maintainer didn't respond to my mail. Thanks

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[aur-general] another orphan request
by Dragonlord 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi, while browsing AUR, I found out the user George_K has almost half of his packages out of date. I sent him an e-mail and it came back as undelivered, so I think someone could orphan all his packages... Thanks D PS: Thanks, Giovanni, for the quick response in the previous request :)

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[aur-general] orphan request emacs-nox
by Dragonlord 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi, can someone please orphan "emacs-nox" in AUR? The package is out of date and Karro doesn't respond even on email messages ... I'm using this package and would like to adopt it. Thanks D

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[aur-general] Adoption of contextfree
by Tony Dodd 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Hi, I've contacted Mark (skymt) - the current maintainer - regarding adoption of this package, unfortunately he cannot remember his password to orphan it manually. Could someone orphan this package so that I can adopt it? Thanks Tony

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[aur-general] Inactivity notice
by Allan McRae 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Hi TUs, I will be on holiday until the Sunday the 27th. Going to Noumea, New Caledonia. I don't speak any French so it will be like April Fool's Day without Google translator... Feel free to fix any bugs in my packages while I am away! :D Cheers, Allan

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[aur-general] Vote: kdeicons-crystaldiamond
by Uwe Vogt 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Please go and Vote for it! http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=8318 I personally thinking this package need to be supported in the "community" Please go and Vote for it! Regards Uwe

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[aur-general] [TU Inactivity] Shinlun
by Ray Rashif 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

I don't know when he last updated anything but at least 20-21 of his packages are outdated. If he's still active then it's alright, maybe he deems the packages stable as they are. If not, and no other TU adopts them, then I could take on the following 12: ardourvst dssi-vst lash libgig linuxsampler lmms pd qsampler qtractor traverso vkeybd wineasio

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[aur-general] list of community pkgs that install manpages to deprecated location
by Firmicus 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

PLEASE SEE http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9189 Thanks F

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[aur-general] Request: Milkytracker
by Christopher O'Neill 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Hi, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11764 Sorry to pester.. but could a TU please either adopt this package or deport to unsupported so I can adopt it? Thanks. - Chris

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[aur-general] Orphan request: Milkytracker
by Christopher O'Neill 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Current package installs an old binary-only version, I would like to update it for the latest version as per the comments. - Chris

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[aur-general] orphan packages of user comete
by Lukáš Jirkovský 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Hi, it seems that user comete doesn't maintain any of his packages anymore. Almost half of his packages is outdated and his last update is dated back to 25 Feb 2007.

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[aur-general] Delete Request - wine0959, full-urbanterror
by Slash 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Greetings Comrades, Here are two packages that need to be removed from the AUR by a TU because the original contributors have not done so: 1) wine0959 - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16364 This is simply wine from [extra] with the pkgver changed to the latest stable wine release. Obviously against AUR Guidelines. 2) full-urbanterror - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=16430 I think the user may have been a little confused- The URL to download the source for the quake3-urbanterror PKGBUILD was a 404, so the user changed the URL and uploaded a new PKGBUILD instead of just leaving a comment for me to fix it :P ( quake3-urbanterror: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6873 ) Thanks, Slash

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[aur-general] Orphan webkitgtk-svn please
by Anders Bergh 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hi, Seems like the guy who made the webkitgtk-svn package no longer fixes it - it hasn't worked for weeks now because they changed their build system. If a TU please could orphan that package it would be great! Anders

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[aur-general] orphan request
by Dragonlord 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Hi, user Mikos seems to be dead for arch linux. Half of his packages are out of date and he doesn't respond on email messages. Can someone please orphan his AUR packages? Thanks D

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[aur-general] Orphans packages in community
by BaSh 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Hi ML, there are many orphans packages into community repository. Their aren't necessary at others community's packages and I think they can be moved to unsupported. I want to know if someone is interested at these packages before I'll move they to unsupported. (4 days) Packages List: 9wm aldrin billreminder crawl cwiid gjots2 haskell-fingertree hearse hlist-darcs libzzub mhwaveedit mlt++ mlt-svn mono-addins perl-dbd-pg perl-test-longstring perl-test-pod-coverage perlio-gzip php-gtk2 pound python-pysvn pyzzub slashem striim treeline ttf-mgopen uqm w9wm -- Andrea `BaSh` Scarpino Arch Linux Trusted User Linux User: #430842

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[aur-general] AUR upload problem
by BaSh 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Hi ML, I've moved advanceutils to unsupported from community I can't upload the package, when I upload it to AUR, I get: "You are not allowed to overwrite the advanceutils package." What I must do? Thank you -- Andrea `BaSh` Scarpino Arch Linux Trusted User Linux User: #430842

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[aur-general] out of date flagging
by Adam Vogt 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Could someone confirm my observation that the aur does not reset out of date flags on packages when they are updated? Maybe it's just on packages that I've flagged myself then adopted. I don't update enough stuff to know. If this is the intended behavior, I would expect that resetting out of date flags on updates is the most reasonable thing to do.

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[aur-general] Menu categories
by Tomás Acauan Schertel 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Hi there, I'm new to AUR, and I've just assumed my first package. The original package doesn't come with a .desktop file. So I've created my own on alacarte, and modified to use it on my packeg. The problem is app's icon shows in "other" group, and not in "audio & video". Where can I find a tutorial on categories? Thanks. Here is my .desktop content: [Desktop Entry] Name=Floola GenericName=Floola Comment=Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod Exec=floola Icon=floola Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=AudioVideo; -- Tomás A. Schertel tschertel[at]gmail.com ---------------------------------------------- Arch Linux User http://www.archlinux.org/ Linux Registered User #304838 ----------------------------------------------

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[aur-general] Flashplugin DRM free?
by JaDa 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

I need some help and ideas, because the new Flashplugin 9.0.124.0 comes with DRM. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16293 Is it legal, if we crack it and build a DRM free Flashplugin? -- Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.

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[aur-general] Orphaned: debhelper
by A. Klitzing 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Hello, could someone remove debhelper from AUR? I can't adopt it because I can't see it anymore. If I want to upload it by myself I will get an error message. Thanks, André Klitzing

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[aur-general] Missing Packages
by aur-notify＠archlinux.org 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Missing i686 Packages: No new package supplied for tix 8.4.2-3! -- This is an automated message. If you wish to stop receiving it twice a day, fix the package(s).

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[aur-general] GAIM-related packages in AUR
by Ivy Foster 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

So thanks to a typo while looking for a package using yaourt, yesterday I discovered that although GAIM itself is no longer available from Arch proper or from AUR, there are still several packages in the AUR related to GAIM, many of which are orphaned and few if any of which have been updated in over a year. I'd like to suggest that unless any folks still maintaining these packages object, that they be removed, what with GAIM being superseded by pidgin/finch/libpurple. Hopefully this won't cause too much controversy :-). Thanks!

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[aur-general] Orphan request
by Vitaliy Berdinskikh 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Hi! Please orphan oracle-instantclient. I'va tried to write on AUR and to him. But haven't received any messages. -- Sincerely yours, Vitaliy Berdinskikh (Виталий Бердинских) aka skipper13

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Re: [aur-general] [arch-dev-public] The move to SVN
by Mateusz Herych 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

2008/4/8, Paul Mattal <paul(a)mattal.com>: > > I think you have. I have just released an aurtools 1.3.0-2 that > incorporates a frozen copy of the old extrapkg for now. > > Can someone build for x86_64? > > - P > > Done. Regards, Mateusz.

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[aur-general] Missing Packages
by aur-notify＠archlinux.org 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

Missing i686 Packages: No new package supplied for perl-test-exception 0.27-1! No new package supplied for w3cam 0.7.2-5! No new package supplied for gnubiff 2.2.9-2! -- This is an automated message. If you wish to stop receiving it twice a day, fix the package(s).

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[aur-general] eet alpha version
by Igor "FeR" Scabini 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

There is a alpha version of eet as you can read here: http://xenos.altervista.org/blogs/index.php?blog=3&title=enlightenment_dr17… I wrote a PKGBUILD for this version and named it simply eet, the PKGBUILD could be found here: http://xenos.altervista.org/blogs/index.php?blog=3&title=eet_pkgbuild_della… but AUR didn't permit me to upload that package due to: You are not allowed to overwrite the eet package. I also opened a thread in Archlinux forum you can find here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=350841#p350841 what I have to do now? Is it possible to upload that package? -- Igor "FeR" Scabini ================================================= url: http://xenos.altervista.org ..primavera non bussa, lei entra sicura.. - F. DeAndré - GPG Key ID: 0x7841 199A 0047 1FE0 disponibile @ keyserver.linux.it =================================================

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[aur-general] Should I bring rpm/dkpg to community
by Allan McRae 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

Hi TU's, I was wondering what peoples opinions are about putting rpm/dpkg in [community]. They both have a descent number of votes (27 & 33) so people obviously find them useful. Does anyone have objections about their "unArchness" (it is a real word, honest!)? It is what has stopped me moving dpkg so far... Allan

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[aur-general] stepping down
by Vinay S Shastry 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Hello dear TUs, Life's calling, I've gotta go! :) Busy days are here, lots of work, lots to study. Bylaws suggest that TU should step down if planning on going inactive for more than 2 months (which I am). It's been a pleasure being involved with the tu community for almost 2 years. Thanks! After qt4 got into extra, there has not been much to maintain. Also, I recently updated my few packages (i686 only) without licenses to include it. So, not much trouble from my side I hope! Here's a list of packages I maintain for your ready reference. Please snatch as much as possible ;) community daemons openssh-chroot 4.7p1-2 community devel astyle 1.21-2 community devel tcc 0.9.23-4 community emulators i8086emu 0.9.2-4 community kde kde-adblock-improvement 0.0.5-3 community kde kompose 0.5.4-2 community kde rsibreak 0.8.0-2 community lib beecrypt 4.1.2-3 community lib python-magic 4.21-1 community multimedia mp3info 0.8.5a-1 community multimedia qmpdclient 1.0.8-2 community multimedia swftools 0.8.1-1 community multimedia xmms-itouch 0.1.2-1 community network bmon 2.1.0-2 community network knetstats 1.6.1-1 community network reddo 0.1.5-1 community office freemind 0.8.1-1 community office kchmviewer 3.1-3 community office kdissert 1.0.7-1 community science wxmaxima 0.7.4-1 community system coreutils-info 6.10-1 community system ncrypt 0.6.11-1 unsupported devel eclipse-kde 0-1 unsupported network kasablanca 0.4.0.2-1 unsupported network ymessenger 1.0.6.1-2 unsupported system rar 3.7.1-3 unsupported system rpm 4.4.2.2-1 unsupported x11 kdestyle-thinkeramik 3.2.1-1 Regards, -- Vinay S Shastry http://thenub.one09.net

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[aur-general] New packages, quick question Re: proposals
by Ivy Foster 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Hi, folks... I started using Arch about a month ago, and recently decided it might be good to (a) pick up orphaned packages I find useful (1 so far) and (b) upload new packages that might be useful. Therefore, I've adopted the ps annotator flpsed and submitted a few packages for clisp that are either built in to sbcl (asdf, asdf-install) or were packaged specifically for sbcl on AUR (cl-ppcre, stumpwm). That brings me to my question. If I wanted to, say, submit a clisp module/library packaging standards proposal, would I just write it up and send it here? Basically, I'd like to see a few things happen, particularly in regards to packaging programs for specific lisp implementations when they don't need to be (I'd be fine seeing the packages I uploaded merged with someone else's PKGBUILD, for example) and in regards to where things get put, just so things don't end up being all haphazard. Thanks a lot! Ivy

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[aur-general] Orphan Request
by Byron Clark 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

Please orphan clive. I've tried to contact klapmuetz, but the domain for his email address doesn't exist. -- Byron Clark

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[aur-general] xfce4-*-svn and others xfce packages
by BaSh 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Hi ML, there are many orphans packages into community repository and I think who xfce-svn would have to be moved to unsupported. I want to know if someone is interested at these packages before I'll move they to unsupported. Packages list: exo-svn gtk-xfce-engine-svn libxfce4mcs-svn libxfce4menu-svn libxfce4util-svn libxfcegui4-svn mlt-svn mousepad-svn orage-svn pyxfce-svn ristretto-svn squeeze-svn terminal-svn thunar-archive-plugin-svn thunar-media-tags-plugin-svn thunar-svn thunar-volman-svn xarchiver-svn xfburn-svn xfce-devtools-svn xfce-mcs-manager-svn xfce-mcs-plugins-svn xfce-notification-daemon-svn xfce-utils-svn xfce4-appfinder-svn xfce4-battery-plugin-svn xfce4-clipman-plugin-svn xfce4-icon-theme-svn xfce4-mailwatch-plugin-svn xfce4-mixer-svn xfce4-mount-plugin-svn xfce4-mpc-plugin-svn xfce4-netload-plugin-svn xfce4-notes-plugin-svn xfce4-panel-svn xfce4-rss-plugin-svn xfce4-screenshooter-plugin-svn xfce4-sensors-plugin-svn xfce4-session-svn xfce4-systemload-plugin-svn xfce4-taskmanager-svn xfce4-trigger-launcher-svn xfce4-verve-plugin-svn xfce4-weather-plugin-svn xfce4-websearch-plugin-svn xfce4-xfapplet-plugin-svn xfce4-xkb-plugin-svn xfdesktop-svn xfmedia-svn xfprint-svn xfwm4-svn xfwm4-themes-svn Regards, Andrea -- Andrea `BaSh` Scarpino Arch Linux Trusted User Linux User: #430842

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[aur-general] Removal of ethereal from AUR
by Erwin Van de Velde 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

ethereal has been replaced by extra/wireshark since June 2006. Could someone please remove this PKGBUILD? Thanks in advance Erwin

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