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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