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

[aur-general] Deletion Request
by speps 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

Hi, some stuff to delete here [ 1] fftw-thread > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30594 [ 2] csound5 > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7600 [ 3] csound5-cecilia > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44816 [ 4] csound5-cvs > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34149 [ 5] csound5.12-cvs > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38899 [ 6] gsharkdown-lite > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51528 [ 7] ramen > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49423 [ 8] ramen-svn > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35229 [ 9] ramen-bin > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39617 [10] ramenhdr > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35308 [ 1] > fftw in [extra] has threads support too [ 2] > csound version 5 is provided by csound on AUR [ 3] > csound5-cecilia is a build with options suggested by cecilia4 devs, useless since it works fine with csound too [ 4] && [ 5] > csound VCS switched to git [ 6] > gsharkdown-lite, replaced by gsharkdown [ 7] to [10] > source or binary repo is not available anymore, btw there is a new development uploaded as ramen-bin64, 64 binary only, no source yet nor repository and not sure if will be one. Thanks - speps -

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Re: [aur-general] aurdupes 0.6 released
by gadget3000 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

ipset-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49724) was created to update ipset (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16553). The maintainer is happy for it to be removed (see comments). Gadget3000 On 30 August 2011 09:56, gadget3000 <gadget3000(a)msn.com> wrote: > john-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38152) was created > to either update [community] or include a patch which is now included in > [community] anyway. It's just been orphaned. > > Gadget3000 > > > > On 29 August 2011 20:46, gadget3000 <gadget3000(a)msn.com> wrote: > >> *Packages created to update others:* >> haskell-xmpp-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32418) was >> created to update haskell-xmpp ( >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30218) more quickly. The >> maintainer is happy for it to be deleted, as stated in the comments. >> hdate-applet-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42660) was >> created to update hdate-applet ( >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=4353) more quickly (I presume). >> It currently has no votes or maintainer. >> hspell-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44608) >> presumably had similar intentions for hspell [extra]. It currently has no >> votes or maintainer. >> pyblosxom-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35982) >> presumably had similar intentions for pyblosxom ( >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17253) and is maintained by >> an inactive maintainer so it has old dependencies that haven't worked since >> at least Oct 2010. >> stardict-ncce-ce-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40850) I >> think was created to fix the source links of stardict-ncce-ce ( >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19437) after the project was >> removed from sourceforge. It currently has no maintainer or votes and >> stardict-ncce-ce is also orphaned. >> stardict-ncce-ec-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40851) >> did the same thing for stardict-ncce-ec ( >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19438). It also is orphaned and >> has no votes and stardict-ncce-ec is also orphaned. >> >> *Packages created for other reasons:* >> idjc-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35076) is poorly >> named and should be called idjc-git >> lazarus-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26708) is >> poorly named and should be called lazarus-svn, which already exists ( >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18729) but is orphaned. >> reciteword-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41925) was >> created to fix the PKGBUILD of pyblosxom ( >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17253), which is currently >> orphaned. >> spideroak-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47096) is >> poorly named and should be called spideroak-beta. It is actively maintained. >> xf86-video-intel-newest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22968) >> is poorly named and should probably be called xf86-video-intel-alpha. I'm >> not sure what is the norm around alpha packages so please let me know what >> happens with this one. >> yaffs2utils-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46674) is >> poorly named and should be called yaffs2utils-snapshot but it's maintained >> by someone with an @archlinux email address so I think I'm mistaken on this >> one. Let me know what you think. >> >> *Awaiting maintainer responses:* >> ipset-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49724) >> john-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38152) >> josm-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13569) >> metslib-newest (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43739) >> >> >> And that's the current, whole list processed! >> >> Gadget3000 >> >> >> On 29 August 2011 14:20, Stefan Husmann <stefan-husmann(a)t-online.de>wrote: >> >>> Am 29.08.2011 13:13, schrieb gadget3000: >>> >>> *Packages created to update others:* >>>> dar-newest (https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=51785<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51785>) >>>> wanted to >>>> update dar [community] more quickly. It has been abandonded and only has >>>> 1 >>>> vote. >>>> deja-dup-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=35144<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35144>) >>>> has similar >>>> intentions for deja-dup (https://aur.archlinux.org/** >>>> packages.php?ID=28835 <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28835>). >>>> I >>>> have just flagged deja-dup as out of date. >>>> evilvte-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=51769<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51769>) >>>> had similar >>>> intentions for evilvte (https://aur.archlinux.org/** >>>> packages.php?ID=16727 <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16727>) >>>> and >>>> has since been abandoned. It has no votes. >>>> extcalc-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=36578<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=36578>) >>>> has similar >>>> intentions for extcalc (https://aur.archlinux.org/** >>>> packages.php?ID=22084 <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22084> >>>> ), >>>> which was a year out of date at the time of extcalc-new's creation. >>>> flashrom-svn-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=45519<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45519>) >>>> had >>>> similar intentions for flashrom-svn ( >>>> https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=23390<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23390>). >>>> It has since been >>>> abandoned and may have even been deleted before. >>>> fmit-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=51160<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51160>) >>>> had similar >>>> intentions but the maintainer want's it deleted. >>>> gabedit-new (https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=47301<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47301>) >>>> had similar >>>> intentions for gabedit (https://aur.archlinux.org/** >>>> packages.php?ID=34230 <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34230>) >>>> but >>>> is now itself out of date. It has no votes. >>>> gtkglarea-latest (https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=31353<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31353>) >>>> had >>>> similar intentions for gtkglarea ( >>>> https://aur.archlinux.org/**packages.php?ID=901<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=901>). >>>> It has since been abandoned. >>>> >>>> >>> Most were deleted. Some were not yet, because I wrote a comment and want >>> to give a chance to read them to the the maintainer. >>> >>> Thank you for your efforts. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >

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[aur-general] Removal request
by Max Roder 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Hi, aircrack-ptw [1] can safly be removed. The ptw method is included in aircrack-ng. Aircrack-ptw is unmaintained for years now. In addition, it's not available on the official homepage anymore. Just clicked through all those madwifi packages. As ath5k superseded madwifi (and is actually included in the kernel), couldn't most of the orphaned and/or out-of-date madwifi-X packages be removed? It's just a suggestion, though. In detail: dkms-madwifi https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11662 madwifi-aircrack-tp https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17049 It's orphaned, depends on already removed packages (kernel26tp), thus unusable. madwifi-aircrack https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33076 (same) madwifi-hal https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20857 (depends on kernel26 ...) madwifi-hal-svn https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20963 madwifi-svn-hal https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20221 madwifi-ice https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23472 (depends on removed packages, kernel26, ...) Happy removing ;) Regards, Max [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18331

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[aur-general] Flashplugin Duplicates
by Antonio Lucas 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

I was looking for some plugin that works in my machine and found these identical packages These two have basically the same PKGBUILD except for one line (a license file that is installed) flashplugin-prerelease http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32072 flashplugin-beta http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47230 I do not contacted any of maintainers. Both packages have lots of votes. abracos (cheers) Antonio Lucas

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[aur-general] Securing the AUR website
by Pierre Schmitz 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Hi TUs, the AUR still handles user logins and sessions in a insecure way that can easily be exploited. The last approach to use https by default was denied a long time ago. But I hope you guys will reconsider this decision. To prevent session hijacking, mtm attacks or whatnot I'd recommend the following: * Redirect all http traffic to https by default * Set session.cookie_secure = 1 in your php.ini * If you use setcookie() make sure to set the secure parameter to true * If you don't require any javascript to access your session data it's also a good idea to set all cookie to httponly (again via php.ini and if you use setcookie() directly) The optional https access as we have now wont work here. Even if you never forget to add the s to http when you login session data is also transferred via http. So once you click a non-https link to the AUR it would be possible for an attacker to hijack your session. Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre

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[aur-general] cinelerra-transitions
by Cédric Girard 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

cinelerra-transitions [1] is orphaned. Its original maintainer was the upstream owner. The source and website is dead. As it claims to be "Transitions for cinelerra mostly from akirad and OpenShot", I've uploaded a PKGBUILD cinelerra-swtc [2] containing the akirad transitions. I think cinelerra-transitions should be deleted as it is no more usable. I don't know if it makes sense to merge votes with cinelerra-swtc as it is only a subset of cinelerra-transitions. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38137 [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52037 -- Cédric Girard

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[aur-general] TU Resignation
by Loui Chang 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hello everyone! I haven't been very involved with the AUR for a long while, and I don't really see that changing much. Since I only have a few packages I think it's time for me to resign as a TU. I may still throw a few patches around if I find the time. I've asked Lukas Fleischer to assume my duty of adding new TUs. It was a pleasure to work with you folks. See you around! My former packages which I've recently disowned: esmtp libesmtp (dependency of balsa, collectd, and esmtp) mhwaveedit oldstand-font tig Cheers.

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[aur-general] delete request - pidgin-msn
by Joao Cordeiro 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

pidgin-msn this package is no more needed to have pidgin-plus plugin working because > the patch is built in official 2.7.0 release. > so use regular pidgin from extra. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19669 Thanks

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[aur-general] uqm-new to replace uqm
by Jookia 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

The latest uqm packages are out of date and lack a launcher[1][2], so I've updated the package to 0.7.0 and added a launcher, and uploaded it as uqm-new[3] to AUR. Could somebody put this on the track to replace the mainline uqm package (after reviews, of course)? [1] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/uqm/ [2] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/uqm/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51672

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[aur-general] Removal request
by Max Roder 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Hi, I think airoscript-svn [1] can safely be removed, as the svn repository is empty and [2] provides the current version. Thanks, Max [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28156 [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33596

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