May 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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] Unused account on BBS and AUR web interface
by William Gathoye 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi guys, I would like to contribute to the AUR, but it appears the account 'wget' has already been registrered, but no one seems to currently use it. It looks like someone has asked for a password reset but hasn't clicked on the confirmation link from the email yet. Would it be possible for you to unlock this account and release this username for me? I'm experiencing the same issue with the BBS forum. I got 'Invalid username' as a response from the registration form. It would be nice if I could keep the same e-dentity for the ArchLinux community, as I'm using the same nickname for the communities where I'm getting involved in. Regards, - -- William Gathoye <william(a)gathoye.be> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRhSpxAAoJEA595SwE1xaDaEYQAMaVsrNPep/Gm/UXSkCr0dlm 84upblK10lQcjiq3BeUU4sSrPFWq1ewVR6tr2w86VuzPG2Pa8jpwbJ53ZomsiCP4 2MFn6OqQ9aDWb2ghSEyTmY/588Y64PXMV4H7bAtTE6JXPDh3S0ekLF47cWY23bxe LvRDCvgxwPGERSHEW1YD2bOUoODiB8THYBQdZWZZsy6ule5/UAKsu0G4y5gvBlqT Hfk/pzdS5BnNRx11mUVceqZkRy5pgfjNHjGa2ZvRHlycPnEnwM7fMXraDAJ5OH7Q JW+cxMrQQgtd16iUt7V1n2e3f44lSytG8CP32n5ioXPAz0INz/FPbGl0NVeja+MP rcpgvYD9ql+685wrRcO+a5iyimjb6cBaxFGKCD2t/cJrQTL5B4dne8BakbMLChLa ajtpVLnCvFefV4FKkRKfxDTxENIhEW3HD9cuJrKIJM/ZNH4sYdfj5Uf+iAFI5Gmb 7Fr7iqiiA3KtMF/tQ+VxNXdTObVuTbeTAzZPzQOaYsL05Ii9lLg0tyuphDpM90aK OVDgfo618YAEvIe9WMKrWrSVkQ3FuD4yNOoWhDis0pF+fYi0S2vWo39NRtZhgaWr kWS0ydcYQXh6r9szsiOc2wfEWHWL9loAWQlcA0/nuupxypp35QH5BQG1LWWj70l1 dGchvAA74CJR4mGXuabx =jSyj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[aur-general] Request transfer of ownership of AUR packages
by Siddhartha Sahu 02 Jul '13

02 Jul '13

Hi! There are two AUR packages that I'm using personally, and they haven't been updated for a while. I have also indicated so to the maintainers both in comments and using email to their respective email ids (on 9th May) I haven't received any reply yet. I have written the new PKGBUILDs myself so I was wondering if I could take over the maintenance of these two packages? https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/verlihub https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/verlihub-git Thanks! Siddhartha (sdh)

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[aur-general] systemd-rtirq/rtirq
by Rob Til Freedmen 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

These packages are providing the same functionality and are based on the same source https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtirq/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/systemd-rtirq/ I think they should be merged - not sure which name should survive But I tend to rtirq - the prefix systemd is just a implementation detail I've cc'ed both maintainers - so they should come to an agreement.

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[aur-general] Guake-Solarized-Colors
by Agustin Ferrario 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Hi I've made my first pkgbuild from scratch: https://github.com/py-crash/guake-solarized-Arch-Build Can somenone check it out and make the convinient critics before i uploaded to AUR?

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[aur-general] deletion requests
by Jeremy Audet 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

The following packages should be deleted: * alsa-driver.hda-intel.hda-codec-realtek * alsa-driver.hda-intel.hda-codec-realtek-git The packages are broken (I tried updating the PKGBUILDs, unsucessfully), obsolete (as per http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Download#alsa-driver) and orphaned. The matching wiki page should also be deleted: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Realtek_ALC892 --Jeremy "Ichimonji10" Audet

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[aur-general] Renaming: lastpass -> lastpass-pocket / lastpass-universal -> lastpass
by Det 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 22:08:55 Felix Yan wrote: > To rename a package, please first submit a new package under the desired new name, then send a merge request to the list. > > In your case, please first submit package 'lastpass-pocket', then I or someone else could do the two merges for you, thanks! > > Regards, > Felix Yan Mm, right. Here's the setup again: - merge lastpass[1] "info" with lastpass-pocket[2] - move lastpass-universal[3] to lastpass[1] [1] = https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lastpass/ [2] = https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lastpass-pocket/ [3] = https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lastpass-universal/ Det

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[aur-general] Removal request: "spotcommander-xampp"
by Ole Jon Bjørkum 02 Jun '13

02 Jun '13

I request that the package "spotcommander-xampp" be removed from AUR. URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotcommander-xampp/ Reason: I am the developer of SpotCommander. The version in AUR is very outdated. I am planning to upload the latest version of SpotCommander to AUR, and to avoid confusion among users, I think the old package should be removed. The new version is better in every way, so there's no reason to keep it around. I have talked to the maintainer of the package and he agree. SpotCommander can also be installed manually: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SpotCommander. The package I am going to upload to AUR automates this process.

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