April 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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] 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] Merge and removal requests
by Lex Black 04 May '13

04 May '13

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[aur-general] Numerous package orphaning
by Kevin Vesga 04 May '13

04 May '13

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[aur-general] Scikits deletion request
by Michael Schubert 03 May '13

03 May '13

Dear TUs, Please delete the following scikits packages: [1,2,3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/scikits-rsformats/ [2,3,4] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/scikits-timeseries-svn/ [1,2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/scikits-umfpack-svn/ [1] No longer part of scikits ( http://scikits.appspot.com/scikits) [2] Package URL 404s [3] Orphan [4] svn package of a project no longer under development Thanks Michael

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[aur-general] Request to remove gstopwatch-git
by Jente Hidskes 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hello, I would like to request that gstopwatch-git[1] gets removed from the AUR, reason being that I have uploaded a new package gtimeutils-git[2] that contains gstopwatch and another application as well (gtimer). In both cases, I am the owner (and submitter) of the package. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gstopwatch-git/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtimeutils-git/ I think that is sufficient information. Thanks. Jente

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[aur-general] Merge request : esskyuehl-git
by Guillaume Friloux 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hello, I need esskyuehl-svn[1] to be merged into esskyuehl-git[2] as the project went from svn.enlightenment.org to git.enlightenment.org. Thanks for the help! [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/esskyuehl-svn/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/esskyuehl-git/

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[aur-general] Merge request : maelstrom-git
by Guillaume Friloux 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hello, I need both azy-svn[1] and shotgun-svn[2] to be merged into maelstrom-got[3]. azy and shotgun were efl libs that migrated to git, and they merged into a bigger lib named maelstrom. Thank you for the time spent to solve my problems. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/azy-svn/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/shotgun-svn/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/maelstrom-git/

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[aur-general] Disown request
by Axilleas Pi 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi, Can you please disown https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ghp-import ? It is flagged since 2013-03-23 and I sent a mail to the maintainer two weeks ago with no response. thanks -- GPG : 0xABF99BE5 Blog: http://axilleas.github.io

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