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

[aur-general] VCS Packages
by gadget3000 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

*Dead repo due to dead project. I can't find any mirrors:* qutim-protocol-icq-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33004). ICQ support is now built into qutim anyway (http://qutim.org/) omvviewer-artwork-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24456). It is now built into omvviewer anyway ( http://git.byteme.org.uk/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=snowglobe.git;a=summary) bash-view-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34592) *Repo has moved:* mcabber-module-ping-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31820) had moved to mercurial but is now included in mcabber-hg ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26873) anyway All mcabber-module-*-git packages have moved to mercurial. Some may also be built into mcabber-hg now as well. pastebin-cli-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46621) now uses svn. pastebin-cli-svn does not yet exist so I've left a comment on the package. thunar-actions-plugin-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30184) now uses svn. thunar-actions-plugin-svn does not yet exist. lingo-dictionary-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49590) now uses bzr and has been replaced by lingo-dictionary-bzr ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49764) python-commons-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47324) now uses svn. python-commons-svn does not exist yet. *Unmaintained repos:* eee-control-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25437). The PKGBUILD uses a dead repo but there is a mirror here ( https://github.com/amorozov/eee-control), though upstream hasn't been updated since 2009 (Is this long enough to wait before considering it as unmaintained?). No votes or maintainer. eee-control ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22076) still exists. *Other requests:* caw (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28856) is the same as caw-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29425). Upstream is no longer in development. Gadget3000

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Re: [aur-general] TU Application
by Ronald van Haren 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Op 3 sep. 2011 18:14 schreef "Alexander Rødseth" <rodseth(a)gmail.com> het volgende: > > Hello, > > My name is Alexander Rødseth. I'm from Oslo, Norway, am 29 years old > for two more months and have been using Arch for a couple of years. > > My first taste of Linux was a brief acquaintance with Red Hat over a > decade ago, followed by Slackware and then Debian for a few years. Now > I use Arch Linux both at home and at work, and it's my absolute > favorite so far. > > My 62 AUR packages [1] have a total of 2519 votes, where 32% of the > votes are for packages I submitted, while the rest are for previously > orphaned packages, that needed a warm and caring home. > > I like how Arch tries to avoid fixing things behind your back, which I > think is evident from the installation process, the package manager > and the love for simplicity I've found in Arch users and developers > alike. > > I enjoy programming in Go, Haskell, Python and C, try to contribute to > open source projects with bug reports and the occasional patch (here > is one for Blender [2] and one for Firefox [3]). When I was younger, I > wrote a program for drawing icons and animating sprites. [4] I have a > wacky homepage where I experiment with HTML5 and upload small CLI > programs as I see fit. [5] > > I'm currently employed in Hue AS [6], a company that (roughly > explained) sells a software engine for converting sound to > 3D-graphics. I mainly work with developing and maintaining the > internal systems for keeping track of licenses, builds and issues with > the code (mostly written in Python). Luckily, I only program a minimum > of C++. ;) > > I started working with programming before studying computer science, > and I am on a lifelong track of continuing to learn stuff on my own. > > At least one of my AUR packages has been moved to [community] > (lib32-libasyncns, moved by Jan Steffens in 2010, only have the e-mail > as reference) and I've contributed to at least one package in [extra] > [7]. > > I hang out and answer questions on #archlinux as often as I can. > > My goal with becoming a TU is first and foremost to help out with > maintaining packages for the distro that I love and use. > > If I can find a bug to fix or a feature to add to pacman, or any other > arch-centric application, I would like to do so. (Could an option for > pacman to list all system-files that are not owned by a package be > something?) > > I am grumpy before the first cup of coffee in the morning, other than > that I'm generally happy, helpful and benevolent. I try to get a > minimum of exercise and I'm in a stable relationship. I like the game > of Go and creating music with jack, MIDI-synths and Arch, of course. > > Evangelos Foutras was kind enough to sponsor me for applying to become a TU. > > -- > Humble regards, > Alexander Rødseth > (xyproto on IRC, trontonic on AUR) > > > [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=trontonic&PP=128&SO=d&O=0&SB… > [2] http://www.3dmodellering.no/beckmann/ > [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78414 (ctrl-f, "patch") > [4] http://burn.sf.net > [5] http://roboticoverlords.org > [6] http://hue.no > [7] http://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/crypto%2B%2B/trunk/ Thanks for your interest in becoming a TU. Your application is well written so I have good hopes for your packages. I'll check them when I have some more time...and a computer, at hand. In the meantime, what kind of packages are you interested in maintaining in [community]? Do you plan do adopt any orphans? Do you plan to move any new packages into [community]? Cheers, Ronald

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Re: [aur-general] TU Resignation
by Ronald van Haren 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Op 31 aug. 2011 03:11 schreef "Loui Chang" <louipc.ist(a)gmail.com> het volgende: > > 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. > Did I mis the farewell party? Thanks for your awesome work! Hope to see you around in the future. Cheers, Ronald

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[aur-general] Orphan Request
by Alex Ferrando 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

If it there is a chance that thunderbird-firetray-svn [1] could be orphaned from its current maintainer, please do. I ask this because this package is unmaintained since January and the current maintainer doesn't answer to e-mail. With the current version of Thunderbird this package needs to get its PKGBUILD updated every time a new version of thunderbird gets out in order to work. Currently I'm posting comments with modified PKGBUILDS in the AUR package page so people can get it to work. If it gets orphaned I will gladly adopt it. [1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45910 Regards. Alex Ferrando

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[aur-general] Merge/Removal request
by Massimiliano Torromeo 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Hi, I switched my project repository from svn to git a while ago and I just uploaded a new PKGBUILD to the AUR. I would like to remove sqlantaresia-svn [1] and keep sqlantaresia-git [2] maybe merging the votes if possible. Thanks! [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25368 [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52124

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[aur-general] Wicd KDE duplicates
by Antonio Lucas 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Hi, I dont know the correct naming, but these packages have basically the same PKGBUILD: wicd-client-kde 0.2.1-2 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40666 wicd-kde 0.2.2-1 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=48672 and thes two have different PKGBUILD, but same naming scheme: wicd-kde-git 20110321-1 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43583 wicd-client-kde-git 20110404-1 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40735 abracos (cheers) Antonio Lucas

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[aur-general] wtf? tcp_wrappers back in [community]?
by Dave Reisner 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Sergej, We spent a week rebuilding packages to get tcp_wrappers out of [core] and out of the repos. Now I see that you've moved it back into [community]. What the hell? Were you going to start recompiling packages against tcp_wrappers and adding it back as a dep? Not acceptable. We all made this decision as a team, so I'm not sure why you're trying to fight us. I'm db-remove'ing this (again) and putting it back where it belongs. Regards, Dave

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[aur-general] Deletion request - achron-alpha
by Maxime Wack 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Hi TUs ! Since the Achron game is out, the achron-alpha [1] package is obsolete (people having access to the alpha also have access to the complete version), and has even been orphaned. I have created a package for the complete version [2] which follows the accepted rules when dealing with a commercial game. Thanks ! [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37049 [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52096

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[aur-general] delete grub-legacy-gfx
by KESHAV P.R. 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hi, Please remove grub-legacy-gfx https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50986 . I initially uploaded it as a replacament for grub-gfx https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2416 but now its just a duplicate of grub-gfx. TIA. Regards. Keshav

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[aur-general] Delete firefox-extension-firebug-stable
by speps 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

As discussed in a previous forgotten thread [1] consider to remove, again firefox-extension-firebug-stable [2], replaced by a simpler firefox-firebug [3], updated to work with latest ff 6.0.1 Votes could be merged. The main reason is a better naming consistency, since firefox-extension-firebug-stable makes little sense and other extensions in [community] follows the same convention (firefox-adblock-plus, firefox-noscript). firefox-extension-firebug-svn [4] can be also, probably, deleted (unmaintained, latest update on 2008) [1] http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2011-August/015462.html Thomas S Hatch, who preferred to keep the old one, did not answer any more, maybe away [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44809 [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52050 [4] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17554 P.S. I opted for a new thread since is September 1 here Tnx - speps -

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