February 2014 - 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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] Move vagrant to [community]?
by Ido Rosen 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

Hi, I maintain vagrant package in AUR. I believe vagrant is a very useful tool for ArchLinux users. I am happy to continue maintaining it in AUR; however, for the good of the community, it would be great if one of you TUs could move vagrant into [community] as soon as possible so it could get wider exposure. It currently has ~147 votes. Releases are infrequent, so it has been very easy to maintain overall. AUR package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vagrant/ Upstream distribution website: http://www.vagrantup.com/ Also, if you'd like to make changes to the PKGBUILD in AUR, you can submit a pull request on GitHub: https://github.com/ido/packages-archlinux (under the aur/vagrant directory). Ido

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[aur-general] [Removal Request] lightworks
by Pyro Devil 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Hi! I am the author of https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lightworks/ and request removal because of duplication. When I created the package I didn't see that: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lwks already exists. Thanks! Pyro Devil

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[aur-general] RFC on the location of PHP "binaries"
by Attila Bukor 08 Mar '14

08 Mar '14

Hey guys, I'm the maintainer of the phpunit[1] package and I've talked about my idea with Dylan Ferris, maintainer of the php-composer[2] package. The idea is that we should find a standard place for PHAR's which are installed by pacman instead of PEAR. Of course it's obvious that we should omit the ".phar" part and put it in /usr/bin, but there are two problems with it. First, if open_basedir is used in php.ini, it has to contain /usr/bin. The other problem is that IDE's won't see them that way and cannot be used as external libraries (which is mostly fine with composer, but absolutely not with phpunit). So to solve this problem, I suggest to put these packages to /usr/share/webapps/phar or /usr/share/php with the .phar extension so the IDE's could use them and symlink them to /usr/bin without the extension so they could be invoked from command line as any other program. The default open_basedir in the php package is "/srv/http/:/home/:/tmp/:/usr/share/pear/:/usr/share/webapps/", so the former path would be more convenient, but the latter would be more elegant in my opinion, as PEAR packages are in /usr/share/pear/. Of course it would be nice to include that path in the default open_basedir. What do you think? Regards, Attila Bukor [1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/phpunit/ [2]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/php-composer/

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[aur-general] Axiom (CAS) -- Same program, three packages (and licenses)?
by oliver 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Hi, I'm a bit confused about the Axiom-packages available on AUR: There is axiom-cas may2012-1 modified-BSD pointing to http://www.axiom-developer.org/ ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/axiom-cas/ ) open-axiom 1.4.2-4 custom pointing to http://www.open-axiom.org ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/open-axiom/ ) open-axiom-svn 1082-1 GPL2 pointing to http://www.open-axiom.org ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/open-axiom-svn/ ) It looks like all three packages refer to the same program: the Axiom-CAS. Looks a bit messy to me. Can someone bring order into this? Thanks, Oliver

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[aur-general] Rename request; {python-,}pyprof2calltree
by Florian Bruhin 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Hi, I just picked up python-pyprof2calltree[1] which was orphaned. Since it's a tool and not a library, it shouldn't have the python- prefix. Can someone please rename it? Thanks. Florian [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-pyprof2calltree/ -- () ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail www.asciiribbon.org /\ www.the-compiler.org | I love long mails http://email.is-not-s.ms/ Whom the gods would destroy, they first teach BASIC.

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[aur-general] Disownment Request: ingen-svn and related packages
by prettyvanilla 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

Hi, I tried reaching speps 2 weeks ago via email (quoted below), so I hope he either reads it here or someone can disown the following packages for me. Most of them are marked out-of-date for a while and haven't been updated to current standards (including lilv-svn, which I now realize is owned by a different user, but is marked out-of-date for years anyway). I'd like to update the bunch so the AUR finally has a buildable set of PKGBUILDs for ingen again. Thanks. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ingen-svn/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/raul-svn/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ganv-svn/ [4] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lilv-svn/ [5] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lv2-svn/ -------- Original Message -------- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 05:12:43 +0100 From: prettyvanilla <prettyvanilla(a)posteo.at> To: speps(a)aur.archlinux.org Subject: ingen-svn Hi speps, since I've seen a few people comment on ingen being practically unavailable on Arch (the current PKGBUILDs are outdated and don't work together) in the release thread of ams-lv2, I tried to update all relevant PKGBUILDs: ingen-svn: http://pastebin.com/BhDW3t14 raul-svn: http://pastebin.com/ggy9deaY ganv-svn: http://pastebin.com/GhJ2sbSa lilv-svn: http://pastebin.com/6hjRzCKE suil-svn: http://pastebin.com/qhAt9MDw lv2-svn: http://pastebin.com/DG0gTWsZ If you aren't interested in maintaining those packages anymore, I'd take over, otherwise I'd be glad if you could take a look at my PKGBUILDs and incorporate the relevant changes. (In any case the eyes of a more experienced packager are definitely welcome/needed... ;)) Cheers, prettyvanilla

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[aur-general] Duplicate package for kiwix-bin
by Karthikeya Viswanath 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

kiwix 0.9_alpha7-2 seems to be an outdated version of kiwix-bin 0.9rc2-1 . I'm just a user, noticed this recently. Karthikeya

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