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

[aur-general] drpython package and shrinkta
by Jordi Cerdan 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi, I would like to update drpython package ( http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6419 ) because its maintainer ( http://aur.archlinux.org/account.php?Action=AccountInfo&ID=591 ) does not respond to e-mails and does not update it since May 2007. Could someone orphan it please? On the other hand, I have created a PKGBUILD for shrinkta ( http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17343 ) and I think it's almost well done, but I can't find the dependencies nedded for this package (only found libdvdread). How can I discover the dependencies needed by a package? I could not find nothing on the wiki about that... Regards, jcerdan

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[aur-general] Deleting packages in AUR
by Allan McRae 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi all, At the moment anyone can delete a package they maintain from the AUR. This seems to be being exploited by an evil minority to remove packages that have been orphaned. e.g. http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=373831 I thought that it may be better if we restricted the deleting to only devs/TUs so this con no longer happen. (see bug http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10527). The question is, how often do packages get deleted from the AUR and thus how much work would this generate? I guess it would be in similar volume to what we already get from orphan requests but this is just a guess. Anyway, pressh suggested I post this here so all TUs would see it. Allan

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[aur-general] Missing Packages
by aur-notify＠archlinux.org 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Missing x86_64 Packages: No new package supplied for gnome-vfs-docs 2.22.0-2! -- 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] Can't upload package
by Biru Ionut 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Hi, Somebody has deleted *-ubuntu packages and i wanted to adopte and maintain them. But i have a minor problem. I can't upload 2 of 4 packages: fontconfig-ubuntu and libxft-ubuntu. It gives me that error: You are not allowed to overwrite the fontconfig-ubuntu package. You are not allowed to overwrite the libxft-ubuntu package. Can somebody fix that problem?

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[aur-general] Trusted User Application
by Loui 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Hello Trusted Users! I'd like to formally express my interest in becoming a Trusted User. My name is Loui Chang and I've been using Arch Linux for about a year and a half. My alias is louipc in aur/wiki/bugs/bbs/freenode. I'm the current developer of aurbuild and I've also submitted many patches to help improve AUR. I'm generally interested in improving the ways that we build, distribute and manage packages. To be honest, I maintain few packages in unsupported. Most packages I need already seem to be taken care of, so I don't plan on bringing many new packages to community. Here's what I have submitted to AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=louipc&SeB=s Mostly what I offer is this: - Helping to clean up and administer AUR and community. - Help squashing bugs. - Continue developing AUR with the added perspective of a Trusted User. - Take on some packages that are already in community or packages that get dropped from the official repos. Some of my big goals are: - Develop a new system for sharing PKGBUILDs. - Give TUs more direct access and control of that system. - Get every single darn bug closed. I greatly appreciate if you can see a benefit in appointing me as a Trusted User. You guys already seem to do a very good job though. If anyone has packages that they don't really use, please let me know and maybe I can take care of them. :D Cheers!

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[aur-general] Missing Packages
by aur-notify＠archlinux.org 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Missing i686 Packages: No new package supplied for screenlets 0.1.1-1! -- 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] Finally updating my packages
by rabyte 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll update (most) of my outdated packages within the next 24 hours. I'd like to thank everybody for their patience, read: not taking all those lovely pkgs away from me ;-) Special thanks go to Anders for taking over my webkitgtk-svn pkg, saving me hours of compile time. Yep, I'm serious :-)

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[aur-general] Inactivity notice (07/05/08 - 14/05/08)
by Sebastian Nowicki 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Hi, I flying over to the USA for Apple's World Wide Developers Conference '08, so I'll be inactive from the 7th June to the 14th. I have some outdated packages, which I hope to update before I fly out, but I currently have exams. The packages usually aren't that active upstream so it shouldn't be a big deal. I'll update them when I get back.

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[aur-general] Please orphan python-simplejson
by David Moore 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Please orphan python-simplejson. This has been marked out of date for about a month and a half. I tried to email the maintainer (pythonwarrior) but the email bounced. thanks, Dave -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkhDw10ACgkQOP+t1LlaoiGTJACdGbB2ZoiOEoGAeWuyjZzPZWSg PVkAn2eCHCPQDGhkLN4zPdy6WEgumoCH =gpQM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[aur-general] TU Vote - Angel Velásquez (angvp)
by Hugo Doria 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Hi TUs, This begins the 7 day voting thread for the addition of Angel Velásquez (angvp) as a TU. Please, dont forget to vote. You can see his introduction and the discussion period here: http://archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2008-May/007742.html You can vote using the web interface. Good Luck angvp! -- Hugo Doria http://hdoria.archlinux-br.org

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