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

[aur-general] packages for adoption
by Roman Kyrylych 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

Hi again! Thank you all for your replies! :-) Here's the (commented) list of packages: :: Unsupported :: * 4l * lightscribe * lightscribe-labeler * lightscribe-sdk LightScribe support will have to stay in Unsupported because the license doesn't allow redistribution (as I understand). * abraca * coyote * esperanza-git * kpdf2 * swiftfox-pentium2 * wterm These packages are actually not mine, another user has asked me to keep an eye on them half year ago, some time ago he agreed that it would be good to orphan them * cronolog * cronolog-beta * dav * moe * ndn - closed-source * ndn-beta - highly unstable * new-murrine-configurator - AFAIR it should replace murrine-configurator (it should have become official by now, but this should be checked) * teapop :: Community :: * abyssws - closed source 32-bit only, may go to Unsupported * agave * audacious-docklet - dead * audacious-itouch-control - no new version expected * bakery * balsa * brasero + libburn + libisofs * cherokee * colorer - no new version for a long time, required for mc-colorer, but is usable without it * computertemp * confuse * eiciel * esekeyd - no new version expected, not very useable 'cause runs everything as root, so special steps should be taken to make it work nicely with GUI apps (see config I created) * everygui - no new version is expected * font-mathematica * gdm-themes - licenses need to be reviewed, I've lost my local PKGBUILD modification :-( * gdmap - does not compile with recent gtk2 versions, no new version is expected * gimmage - no new version for a long time * gimmix - no new version for a while, but it was said that there will be new major version with GUI overhaul * glom - AFAIR it requires libgdamm for libgda 3.0 which is not stable (not in Extra at least), that's why I haven't updated it yet (and had no time to dig further) * gnochm * gnome-commander * gnome-schedule * gnomebaker - was dead, then resurrected, but no new versions since then * gpa * gpg-crypter * gshutdown - no new version is expected * gstm - no new version is expected * gtk2_prefs - no new version is expected * gtvg * gwget - needs regular patching of configure/makefiles to work with the latest epiphany * hal-cups-utils * hardware-monitor - dead, doesn't work with lm_sensors 3, no patch is known (=> Unsupported/remove) * homebank * iksemel * iniparser - there is version 3 beta, but it should be a separate package due to API change and existence of packages in Community that makedepend on it (e.g. isomaster), so this package should be left untouched * isomaster * kungfu * libconfig * libesmtp * libgdamm * libgtksourceviewmm * libgtksourceviewmm2 * libnewt * libxnvctrl - with each new nvidia driver it should be checked if new version of NVControl exists (nvcontrol.h) * link-monitor-applet * mc-colorer - patched mc with highlighting provided by colorer, no utf8 support, no new version for long time * metakit * mtpaint * music-applet * mxml * nautilus-actions * nautilus-audio-convert * nautilus-locked-folder * nautilus-open-terminal * nautilus-share * network-ups-tools - needs fixing * opera-static * parano * partimage - probably some bugs exist, not sure * pycups * python-pychm * rawstudio * rlocate - needs update for 2.6.25, but doesn't do its job anyway because LSMs are static since 2.6.24, no patch exists on Internet though it's a well-known issue, I was able to make it build and load, but not do the job (so move to Unsupported and wait for adventurous hacker to make it working) * rlocate-utils - userspace companion for the above * screenlets * sensors-applet * serpentine * superswitcher * system-config-printer * tea * tea-lite - cut down version of the above (note that the patch for libcurl removal is not needed when building in a clean chroot) * ttf-freefont - there were concerns about its quality (mainstream, not package) * ttf-liberation * urlgfe * visitors * vmoviedb * vsftpd-ext - patched vsftpd with more features, useful for users of Cyrillic charsets * webfs * wzdftpd * xcursor-* :: VirtualBox and (make)dependencies :: * virtualbox-* * dev86 * iasl * xalan-c Note: some of these are no longer needed since v1.6 :: will maintain by myself :: * aspell-uk, openoffice-spell-uk, openoffice-uk - I'm Ukrainian ;-) * hddtemp - abandoned, but still maintained by Debian and is very useful, from time to time new patches or db update arrives * pessulus - looks like it is (or will be soon) integrated into Sabayon Also, I'd like to maintain VirtualBox (though I won't be able to update until this weekend) unless there someone that has experience in building that beast wants to grab it. Due to Sun's downloading silliness - I think the source should be stored on our ftp, otherwise it gets downloaded with the huge filename. If you are interested in maintaining some packages - just adopt them. It won't be a problem for me to update those that will be left, if new versions of them are not released frequently, so don't feel it as your duty to grab all of them. That's all. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[aur-general] Anyone want ot adopt VirtualBox?
by Andrea Scarpino 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi DEVs/TUs, I don't using virtualbox since months and now who my desktop is dead I can't build it on my laptop @1.7Ghz. It spend more time. Then I want to know if someone of you want to adopt virtualbox packages. It is out-of-date but I've all pkgbuilds ready to work. packages are: virtualbox-additions virtualbox-modules virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-additions virtualbox-ose-additions-modules dev86 iasl xalan-c xerces-c Thanks, best regards -- Andrea `BaSh` Scarpino Arch Linux Trusted User Linux User: #430842

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[aur-general] Duplicate Package Names
by Jud 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Too many recent packages have been named the same as the "official package", this could easily get out of hand, what can be done about it? Discussion Points: - better education and parenting? - better message on AUR page? - code to detect package name and disallow/delete package? - hit uploader with big stick? - faster updates of "offical" Repo packages?

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Re: [aur-general] "Can't create directory" bug and inaccessible files
by rabyte 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

It's several: eduke32-clean, adonthell-wastesedge, alephone, chocolate-doom-svn, probably others... I just updated the darkplaces package, and guess what? It worked! Probably because I created the tgz file using my own "maketar" script (uses standard tar instead of bsdtar btw). So I guess the error really is related to a bug in makepkg. -- Follow The White Rabyte . . .

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[aur-general] could not upgrade package on AUR
by ianux 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Hello, I'm trying to upgrade a package on AUR (gnome-video-arcade), but it keep saying (and aurup too) "Could not create directory /home/aur/unsupported/gnome-video-arcade." what's wrong? -- radio ianux - http://ianux.fr/

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[aur-general] Integrity Check
by Xavier 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Missing Dependencies ---------------------- flumotion --> 'twisted-web' gg2 --> 'arts' eclipse-ve --> 'eclipse<3.3' Missing Makedepends --------------------- perl-critic --> 'perl-devel-stacktrace>=0.17' gensplash --> 'klibc-beyond' pygoocanvas --> 'pygobject-doc'

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[aur-general] Removal of duplicate package
by Evangelos Foutras 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Hello, I've submitted python-beautifulsoup without noticing that it already exists as beautiful-soup. Could a TU delete it? http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20200 Thanks.

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[aur-general] TU Vote: Imanol 'ornitorrincos' Celaya
by member angvp 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

Hi TUs. This begins the 7 day voting period for the addition of Imanol 'ornitorrincos' Celaya as a Trusted User. Please don't forget to vote. If you want to see his presentation and the discussion thread: http://archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2008-September/008655.html You can vote using the web interface. Good luck Imanol! A. P.S: I am having issues with my principal e-mail account that's why i sent this e-mail from this and i surely delay a little bit ;-). Cheers

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[aur-general] sdlmame: move to unsupported
by Tiago Pierezan Camargo 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

Hi TUs, The sdlmame package is orphan in community since DaNiMoTh retirement. It's already outdated and no TU seems to be interested on it. Could someone move it to unsupported so I can maintain it properly? Thx! Tiago -- Tiago Pierezan Camargo milopi @ irc.freenode.net

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[aur-general] ejabberd
by Luís Moreira 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

Hello. I have download this package (ejabberd) from the community repository but it doesn't seem to work properly. When I try to add a user with the command -- ejabberdctl register user example.org password -- I get the error: {error_logger,{{2008,9,26},{17,29,53}},"inet_config: file ~s not found~n",["/usr/etc/ejabberd/inetrc"]} =ERROR REPORT==== 26-Sep-2008::17:29:53 === inet_config: file /usr/etc/ejabberd/inetrc not found {"init terminating in do_boot",{undef,[{ejabberd_ctl,start,[]},{init,start_it,1},{init,start_em,1}]}} ------------ But after I fixed this but with -- ln -s /etc/ejabberd/ /usr/etc/ -- I get another error: {"init terminating in do_boot",{undef,[{ejabberd_ctl,start,[]},{init,start_it,1},{init,start_em,1}]}} Crash dump was written to: /usr/var/log/ejabberd//erl_crash_20080926-173140.dump init terminating in do_boot () -------------- That I don't know how to fix. Any help? Thanks, Luís Moreira.

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