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

[aur-general] google-perftools
by Amanai 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Can one of the TU please orphan the package google-perftools http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7785 looks like the owner don't update it anymore. Thx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh9hhEACgkQ+IsChyUV2oHprwCgjL9//ej7ehTCn37yLntCfhus Q40An1uspkxmEpHOX1ck1FO44M/YYPoi =0dpD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[aur-general] sancho-gtk removal from [community]: discussion thread
by bardo 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Hi fellow TUs, devs and archers! I'm writing this long e-mail to discuss the current situation about sancho-gtk, a [community] package I'm maintaining. I inherited sancho-gtk, a front-end for mldonkey, when mOLOk resigned from his TU position, and some time ago I checked if everything was ok with it. In the PKGBUILD I found an ugly hack to download the software, which is hosted on Sourceforge but isn't available at the traditional download location. It is rather distributed through a direct link in its homepage (http://sancho-gui.sourceforge.net/), but that link changes every few minutes: because of this came the ugly hack. The whole thing, I discovered, was done on purpose by its author, whom I contacted for explainations. He pointed out that the download page page states "no redist/pkging/mirrors pls". I don't like forwarding private e-mails, so here's a summary of what I found out and some of my assumptions. * The author doesn't like his software to be repackaged because he doesn't want users complaining upstream for distribution-level bugs. * He doesn't really care if his user base drops to near-zero because his software isn't easily available and integrated in linux distributions. * I wasn't able to find the application's source code (the GTK version, at least) on his site, so I assume it is a closed source app. When the author was asked to clarify his position, include a license and, in case of a free one, the corresponding source code, he didn't answer. * The author thinks software inclusion in a linux distro is "opt-in" (his words), and states he never asked for it. When I pointed out that free software has nothing to do with opt-in, he stopped answering my e-mails. * The author never clearly stated (even though I asked) if we are infringing any license by redistributing the software. * An important phrase I think i just have to report is "I don't think a license has ever written any software", referring to his preference of distributing his software only through the homepage. I want to drop this software from our repos. Not because he asked for it, but because it looks like this person doesn't really understand what free software and a community are, and that we are persons, too, with our rights. He's not the kind of person I want to deal with. I also think he is in violation of Sourceforge terms, since he's maintaining what looks like proprietary software on their servers. What do you think about the whole thing? I already decided to drop both sancho-gtk and mldonkey (its development seems to be stalled), but there are more questions. Should I notify him to Sourceforge in case he is infringing? Should I drop the package to [unsupported]? Should I delete it? Should I hand it to another maintainer? I wouldn't want to see another ion3, but I don't think it's very different. Should we try to define special policies for cases like these? Corrado

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[aur-general] TU reminder: set PACKAGER variable in makepkg.conf
by bardo 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

(This is also valid for some devs.) Please, remember to set the PACKAGER variable in all your build machines. It really helps being able to know who built a package through pacman -Qi or -Si. Thanks, Corrado

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[aur-general] offline for a bit
by Aaron Schaefer 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

Ahoy all...both the NICs on my Arch box got fried during a thunderstorm last week, so my machine has been without teh intertubes. I have a couple of packages flagged out of date and one bug report (which I am most likely just going to update the package to the development version to solve). Anyway, I've got to order a new NIC to get back up and running, but wanted to inform you that I'm not just slacking off :-) I should be back up and running early next week I would guess... -- Aaron "ElasticDog" Schaefer

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[aur-general] Missing Packages
by aur-notify＠archlinux.org 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Missing i686 Packages: No new package supplied for hedgewars 0.9.5-1! -- 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] Adding MAINTAINER comment box
by james toy 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

AUR, I think we should try to implement a comment box above the general comment box that can be edited ONLY by the package maintainer -- this is important for updates and information about more complex packages -- for example -- kernel26zenmm-git does not automatically have nvidia support built in and can be supplemented by the xf86-video-nvidia (i think thats the package name i'm just doing it from memory now) -- this is useful information that should not get lost in the main comments box -- i just wanted to throw this out there -- never too many documents -- especially when there are caveats -- hope everyone is well respectfully, -- jt

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

09 Jul '08

Missing i686 Packages: No new package supplied for cherrypy 3.1.0-1! -- This is an automated message. If you wish to stop receiving it twice a day, fix the package(s).

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Re: [aur-general] [arch-dev-public] inactivity notice (vacation)
by Ronald van Haren 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Travis Willard <travis(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Ronald van Haren <pressh(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi devs/Tus, >> >> I'll be on vacation from 9th of August (tomorrow) until 29th of >> August. During this time I will probably not check my mail at regular >> intervals so don't expect quick respones from my side ;) > > 9th of July? > > arghh yeah. from 9th of July until 29th of July.

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[aur-general] encfs
by Patrick Baumgart 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

I need the package as dependency in "cryptkeeper". But the package is gone and I cannot put a "new" encfs package to AUR, although there is none available. I would take the encfs package on my own, if no one maintains it. Baumi --

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[aur-general] kernel26zenmm-git PKGBUILD
by james toy 06 Jul '08

06 Jul '08

all, I was wondering what the demand for this PKGBUILD would be -- its for the git of zenmm -- i am asking first instead of just throwing it on the AUR because it will be a bit of a pain to maintain since its SO bleeding edge -- if people DO want it though i will certainly put in the time to make it readily and easily available -- hope everyone enjoyed the holidays respectfully, -- jt

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