October 2011 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

[aur-general] berlios is dying
by Stefan Husmann 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Hello, this is merly an upstream issue, but it might be good to be aware of it: berlios will be closed with the end of this year. See http://www.berlios.de/ Projects hosted there will have to move elsewhere. In the repos the following packages will be affected: bmp-wma canorus codeblocks cuetools festvox-ru fetchmail freenx gimmage goldendict gpodder griffith gsmartcontrol hardinfo hatari iat lensfun libgringotts liborigin2 lincity-ng mapnik mdf2iso mirage mythes-es ngircd oolite parano pinot pygoocanvas qtiplot ruby-ncurses sdd slim slim-themes smb4k sonata soundconverter supertux transcode unpaper uqm wifi-radar winefish xfce4-artwork xfce4-battery-plugin xfce4-datetime-plugin xfce4-eyes-plugin xfce4-fsguard-plugin xfce4-mount-plugin xfce4-netload-plugin xfce4-notes-plugin xfce4-power-manager xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin xfce4-time-out-plugin xfce4-verve-plugin Regards Stefan

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[aur-general] SLiM up for adoption
by Gaetan Bisson 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hi devs, Hi TUs, I am orphaning SLiM (login manager): upstream is dead, patches keep piling up, and I actually stopped using that package a while ago. As far as I know, our current package has only one unfixed bug: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26579 Anyhow, I will move that package to the AUR in a week or so unless a dev or a TU wishes to adopt it. Cheers. -- Gaetan

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[aur-general] outdated package: "jpegtran" flagged as outdated since 2011-08-02
by oliver 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hello, the package "jpegtran" is flagged outdated since 2011-08-02 and I want to use it. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20176 Can the maintainer be triggered to update, or can the package maintainer be changed? if the maintainer don't want to update it, I could adopt it. Ciao, Oliver

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[aur-general] [Removal Request] rinse
by Michael Manley 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Although I'm not the maintainer or original submitter, I'd ask for rinse to be removed. The package hasn't been maintained since 2009, flagged out of date, and the comments are from 2011 asking for updates and the maintainer or submitter has not responded (Comments coming from June). I actually want to maintain it as I have created an updated PKGBUILD and want to submit it but unable due to it already existing. So I ask for it to be removed so I can submit the updated version. Thanks, Michael

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[aur-general] deletion request: xf86-video-geode-latest
by Calimero 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hello, The package xf86-video-geode-latest[1] I submitted long ago is no longer needed, as the one in [extra] is perfectly working and up to date. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29916 All the best

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[aur-general] deletion request
by Axilleas P 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

I made a typo in the package name, so please delete pyhon2-gitissius[1] as I have uploaded the correct one. Thanks. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=53353 -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

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[aur-general] Orphan request
by D. Can Celasun 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Can someone please orphan phpstorm [1]? The maintainer hasn't updated any of his packages since January. I have an updated PKGBUILD and I'm willing to maintain it. Thanks. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45651

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[aur-general] TU application
by Jonathan Steel 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Hi, I'm interested in becoming a TU. I've been using Arch for nearly 4 years (Linux for 7) and recently started getting involved maintaining packages in the AUR. I would love to see some of these in community, help more in the AUR, extend my Arch knowledge and get to know other Arch users. I would be interested in helping out wherever I can; I already spend a good hour every day or two messing around with my Arch setups so instead of tweaking not-so-necessary things I can do something more helpful. I would enjoy the learning curve and experience and I'm quick to pick things up. A little info about me: 26, male, UK, IT manager, Christian, husband/father, retro gamer, sense of humour, perfectionist. Many thanks, jsteel

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[aur-general] Dropping packages
by Jelle van der Waa 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Hi TU's! I'm planning to drop a few packages, some other TU's might be interested in maintaing it. Else I will put listen in AUR. * listen ( Latest release a year ago, almost 2 years now in March 2012.. ) FS#25906 * exaile ( no bugs open, works, but i don't use it ) * wifi-select ( don't use netcfg) I already disowned them on archweb. -- Jelle van der Waa

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Re: [aur-general] TU application
by Jonathan Steel 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

>Any reason you didn't send removal requests for those packages to >aur-general? >... you never sent any mail to the mailing lists >How long have you been maintaining your AUR packages for? It was just a few months ago I started adopting and updating packages. I wasn't sure how involved I could get with other people's packages (removals, changes etc.) and assumed I needed to be a TU to get more involved. I wasn't sure how likely that would be, but I thought I would at least let you know there was interest and that help was available if needed. I've learned I can already get more involved through this mailing list so I'm sure you will now hear from me from time to time regardless of the outcome of this application. >Just out of interest, where in the UK are you based? (I'm in Birmingham.) Quite far away; South Buckinghamshire. >Looking at what we have, I have a few suggestions Thanks for the tips, I will begin tidying these up. Should any change of the PKGBUILD justify a new release (pkgrel)? Or only if it alters the end package?

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