December 2013 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

[aur-general] ttf-google-webfonts{,-distilled,-git,-hg} mess
by Jason St. John 19 Jun '19

19 Jun '19

I am the current maintainer of the AUR package ttf-google-webfonts-hg[4], and I'm bothered by the mess of various packages there are for Google's Web Fonts project. It's not at all KISS in its current state. There are currently four different AUR packages[1][2][3][4] that essentially supply the same files, and all four packages conflict with each other. Around August of 2012, the package named ttf-google-webfonts[1] was orphaned, and user w0ng created a GitHub repository[5] that mirrors the Mercurial repository[6] on Google Code (why?). Then, the new maintainer changed the original ttf-google-webfonts package from a VCS-type package that simply lacked "-hg" in the name to a package that pulls tarballs from w0ng's GitHub repo[5]. As you can see in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums. To get around these issues, user epinephrine created the package ttf-google-webfonts-git[3] that clones w0ng's GitHub repo[5] instead of pulling tarballs from it, which significantly reduces the maintenance required on the package. Then, user Gently created a package named ttf-google-webfonts-distilled[2] that pulls a tarball from w0ng's GitHub repo[5] and only installs a small subset of the fonts therein. Shortly after ttf-google-webfonts[1] was changed from being a Mercurial-based package and not liking the direction that the package was taking, I reuploaded the original ttf-google-webfonts package as ttf-google-webfonts-hg[4] for people that simply wanted the old package back that uses the actual Google Web Fonts repository to download the files. To clean up this mess, I propose that ttf-google-webfonts-distilled[2] and ttf-google-webfonts-git[3] be deleted outright, for what should be obvious reasons. I also propose that ttf-google-webfonts[1] be deleted because of how frequently the Web Fonts project is updated and because the project lacks version numbers. If people really feel strongly about keeping that maintenance nightmare, then let them have it, but I really don't see what advantage it provides over the original ttf-google-webfonts-hg[4] other than one less makedepends. I apologize for the huge email, but this situation really is a mess. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-google-webfonts/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-google-webfonts-distilled/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-google-webfonts-git/ [4] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-google-webfonts-hg/ [5] https://github.com/w0ng/googlefontdirectory [6] https://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/ Jason

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[aur-general] Copy.com dueling packages
by Jonathan Arnold 01 May '14

01 May '14

There are 2 packages for the Copy.com client software package: copy - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/copy/ copy-agent - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/copy-agent/ I think both have PKGBUILD problems, from dependencies (the Copy.com software uses Qt4, not Gtk, for instance) to poorly formed PKGBUILDs (one has just a package() method and one has just a build() method). I'm not really sure how this should be resolved, mostly because I wouldn't pick one over the other right now. Any one with more PKGBUILD confidence want to step in? Also, if you're interested, sign up with this link and we both get an extra 5gb(!) of cloud storage on copy.com: https://copy.com?r=NXWnIn -- Jonathan Arnold Webstream: http://hieronymus.soup.io Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships. Michael Jordan

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[aur-general] pkg deletion request
by flower_of_life＠gmx.net 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

Hi, I would ask for following pks to be deleted: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kde-servicemenus-makepkg-git/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kde-servicemenus-repo-management-git/ Reason: I have merged the two sources into one git repo and would like to supply a new src pkg pulling from new git repo Thanks in advance

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[aur-general] Corrected package ekeyd ready for AUR
by Thomas Preissler 12 Feb '14

12 Feb '14

Hello, I am using the entropy key from Simtec and I found the ekeyd package on AUR - unfortunately there are some problems with it, as outlined. Changes I have done to the original tarball: * Fixed the problem compiling with host/lstate.c. * Added a systemd unit egd-linux.service. Source package is attached for your review, guys, this is my very first one, so please bear with me... Regards Thomas -- www.preissler.co.uk | Twitter: @module0x90 | PGP-Key: 75889415 GPG Fingerprint: CCBD 153A D257 CA7E A217 FDF7 5928 03D1 7588 9415

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[aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?
by Karol Blazewicz 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rstudio/ is something entirely different than every other 'rstudio' package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?&K=rstudio A few users suggested name change. Can we force the maintainer to change package name? Does the package have to be properly disowned and reuploaded with a different name?

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[aur-general] Bundled applications policy?
by WorMzy Tykashi 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Hi, What is the policy regarding collection/amalgamation packages? 'manarchy' [1] is just a recent beta version of aircrack-ng (stable version in community) and an updated version of 'theharvester' [2] bundled together. Should [1] be removed/merged into [2], or should it split up into individual packages, or is it perfectly acceptable to have packages like this? Cheers, WorMzy [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/manarchy/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/theharvester/

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[aur-general] disowning a couple of packages
by Thomas Dziedzic 12 Jan '14

12 Jan '14

Hi, I'm disowning sage-mathematics, sage-mathematics-spkgs(optdepends for sage-mathematics), fityk, and xylib(dependency for fityk). I will move them to the aur in a week if no TU adopts them in community. If you plan on adopting sage-mathematics, you should know that it is currently unbuildable on archlinux, and some other newer distros due to how it is built. It is currently out of date, and you wont be able to update it without fixing this. http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/10572 (13 month old bug without recent comments) http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11391 (9 month old bug I filed without a sign of activity) If you plan on adopting fityk, note that it needs a development version of wxwidgets which I statically build in the same PKGBUILD. Cheers.

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[aur-general] Disown a number of ruby-* packages
by Anatol Pomozov 05 Jan '14

05 Jan '14

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[aur-general] Merge request
by Hugo Osvaldo Barrera 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Hi, Can we merge lightning-bin into thunderbird-lightning-bin? Thanks! -- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera

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[aur-general] deletion request ttf-droid-sans-mono-slashed
by Tod Davies 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

Please delete ttf-droid-sans-mono-slashed at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-droid-sans-mono-slashed/ the font is included in https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-droid-monovar/ Thanks, Tod

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