January 2009 - 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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Re: [aur-general] Vote - Moving [community] to use same system as main repos
by Loui Chang 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 03:36:56PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > Loui Chang wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:51:40PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > > > >> As far as the web changes go, I suggest the relevant AUR developers talk > >> to the people who do the Arch site work and sort this out. > >> > > > > Well it depends. Do we want [community] to remain in AUR so we keep > > votes and comments and such, or do we drop those packages from AUR? > > > > One thing I think no-one has brought up regarding this. The main repos > don't have package categories. So how would the AUR handle that? I think the categories would be removed.

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[aur-general] packages deletion request
by Jan Spakula 31 Jan '09

31 Jan '09

Hello, I'd like to request deleting two of my packages: - perl-file-copy-recursive (not needed anymore, used to be a dependency of rdup) - rdup-utils-svn (obsolete by new versions of rdup, which contain the utils again, moreover it's not working properly anymore) Thanks, bender02

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[aur-general] Broken [community] browser in AUR?
by Dan Vratil 31 Jan '09

31 Jan '09

Hi, I just wanted to build some lib32 packages from [community], but I can't see them in AUR. But many other packages from [community] I can see. Is that somehow related to the that thing about moving of [community] or is something wrong with me / AUR ? Cheers, Dan -- --------------------------------- Dan Vrátil progdan(a)progdansoft.com ICQ 249163429 Jabber progdan(a)jabber.cz Tel. +420 732 326 870

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[aur-general] beep
by aggaz 31 Jan '09

31 Jan '09

Hello, I've added the beep-1.2.2-1 package to aur but I've just see the same package in extra. Can someone delete it please? I'm really sorry for this.

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[aur-general] package removal request
by Henri Häkkinen 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Hello, I accidentally made a package which already was in the repository. Can you please remove this redundant package from the AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23190 -- Henri Häkkinen

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[aur-general] Updating PKGBUILD tarballs
by Beej Jorgensen 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hey, guys... I'm a newbie with a question. Presuming I've already uploaded example-4.5-1.src.tar.gz to AUR, when I later make maintenance changes, do I just upload my example-4.6-1.src.tar.gz the same way? That is, will AUR just smartly figure out that it's an update of an existing package? (I'm guessing it'll key off packagename/myname...?) Thanks! -Beej

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[aur-general] Orphaned Community packages
by stefan-husmann＠t-online.de 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Hello, there are 23 orphaned packages in community, some are dependencies of other community packages. (comments by me) cat. name version votes description (comment) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- games tintin 1.98.8-1 15 A console-based MUD client lib haskell-cabal 1.6.0.1-2 117 A framework for packaging Haskell software i18n thunderbird-spell-pt-br 2.0-1 5 Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary for Mozilla Thunderbird (i18n, native speakers appreciated:)) lib haskell-utf8-string 0.3.3-1 92 Support for reading and writing UTF8 Strings lib haskell-x11-xft 0.3-1 32 Bindings to the Xft, X Free Type interface library, and some Xrender parts x11 xmobar 0.9-2 75 A Minimalistic Text Based Status Bar multimedia elisa-base 0.5.22-1 16 An open source cross-platform media center solution multimedia elisa-plugins 0.5.22-1 73 Plugins pack for elisa devel twisted-web2 8.1.0-2 51 The twisted.web2 package in Twisted. (dep. of elisa-base) lib python-cssutils 0.9.5.1-2 5 A CSS Cascading Style Sheets library for Python (dep. of elisa-base) network rutilt 0.18-1 19 Gtk2 utility that helps you configure your wireless network devices gnome sensors-applet 2.2.1-3 117 an applet for the GNOME Panel to display readings from hardware sensors, including CPU temperature, fan speeds and voltage readings. gnome awn-extras-applets 0.2.6-2 153 A collection of applets for avant-window-navigator x11 xgl 0.0.1.20080407-1 50 OpenGL accelerated X server x11 xdg-user-dirs 0.10-1 36 Tool to help manage 'well known' user directories like the desktop folder and the music folder. It also handles localization (i.e. translation) of the filenames. multimedia vamps 0.99.2-5 18 Very fast requantisizing tool for backup DVDs x11 gtk2_prefs 0.4.1-1 57 A GTK2 theme selector and font switcher Low votes, maybe hould go to unsupported: devel gputils 0.13.5-1 10 PIC Programming Utilities x11 system-config-printer-gnome 1.1.1-1 1 Pygtk CUPS Configuration (no package for x86_64) lib shapelib 1.2.10-3 0 simple C API for reading and writing ESRI Shapefiles lib libxml-perl 0.08-1 5 Perl library for working with XML deppendencies of other packages in community lib diacanvas 0.15.4-1 1 Library for drawing diagrams (dependency off gnuconcept in community) lib python-jinja 1.2-1 14 A simple pythonic template language written in Python (dep. of sphinx in community) If no-one else wants them, I will take the elisa-stuff. Regards Stefan

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[aur-general] Request for orphaning some more packages
by Christoph Zeiler 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

I'd like to request the orphaning of all packages formerly maintained by user shinlun. I contacted him some days ago about the outdated packages owned by him, w/o response. When looking at the dates of his last package updates, it appears he quit using Arch in June 2007. -- Follow The White Rabyte . . .

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Re: [aur-general] Vote - Moving [community] to use same system as main repos
by kludge 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

> IMO votes are no more needed on packages in repostories, neither any > dividing into categories usig tags. > Looking forward to the new order :) > > Jaro one user's question: if there is no voting on packages in [community], then what mechanism exists for users to suggest/cheer on a package's promotion to [extra]? -kludge

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