February 2014 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

[aur-general] Merge pms-youtube{,git} into mps-youtube{,git}
by Johannes Löthberg 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Hello, I'd like to request for pms-youtube[1] to be merged into mps-youtube[2], and for pms-youtube-git[3] to be merged into mps-youtube-gut[4], reason being upstream namechange. [1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pms-youtube/ [2]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mps-youtube/ [3]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pms-youtube-git/ [4]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mps-youtube-git/ -- Sincerely, Johannes Löthberg PGP Key ID: 3A9D0BB5

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[aur-general] Many vidyo packages
by Fernando G. Monticelli 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Hi all, I wrote an updated PKGBUID of for the vidyo package in AUR (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vidyo/) and found that there are two orphans (vidyo-desktop and vidyo-desktop2) which are evidently earlier tries of a package for vidyo. Can they be removed? By the way, I contacted the current maintainer 'intrepid' of the vidyo package to ask him to update the PKGBUILD. I'll wait for his answer ~2 weeks and request to orphan it if I receive no reply. Cheers!, Fernando

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[aur-general] Remove request: nginx-fcgi
by Piotr Rogoża 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Hello Please remove my package: nginx-fcgi* beaceuse the author's site doesn't work for a long time. *) https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nginx-fcgi/ -- Regards Piotr Rogoża

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[aur-general] Signoff report for [community-testing]
by Arch Website Notification 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

=== Signoff report for [community-testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 0 new packages in last 24 hours * 0 known bad packages * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 0 fully signed off packages * 20 packages missing signoffs * 16 packages older than 14 days (Note: the word 'package' as used here refers to packages as grouped by pkgbase, architecture, and repository; e.g., one PKGBUILD produces one package per architecture, even if it is a split package.) == Incomplete signoffs for [community] (16 total) == * acpi_call-1.1.0-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-6 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * exim-4.82-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * r8168-8.037.00-7 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1-52 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-44 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * vhba-module-20130607-24 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.6-5 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * acpi_call-1.1.0-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-6 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * exim-4.82-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * r8168-8.037.00-7 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1-52 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-44 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * vhba-module-20130607-24 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.6-5 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [unknown] (4 total) == * libnftnl-1.0.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * nftables-0.099-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * libnftnl-1.0.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * nftables-0.099-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == All packages in [community-testing] for more than 14 days (16 total) == * libnftnl-1.0.0-1 (i686), since 2014-01-20 * libnftnl-1.0.0-1 (x86_64), since 2014-01-20 * bbswitch-0.8-6 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * bbswitch-0.8-6 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1-52 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1-52 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * r8168-8.037.00-7 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * r8168-8.037.00-7 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * tp_smapi-0.41-44 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * tp_smapi-0.41-44 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * vhba-module-20130607-24 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * vhba-module-20130607-24 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.6-5 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.6-5 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * acpi_call-1.1.0-2 (i686), since 2014-01-27 * acpi_call-1.1.0-2 (x86_64), since 2014-01-27 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. lcarlier - 1 signoffs 2. dan - 1 signoffs

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[aur-general] Deletion request: perl-pod-simple
by Jason St. John 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Hello, Pod::Simple has been a Perl core module since Perl 5.9.3, and Pod::Simple 3.28 (the latest version) is in Perl 5.18. As such, please delete perl-pod-simple[1]. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-pod-simple/ Thanks, Jason

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[aur-general] Deletion request: linux-infinband
by Anthony Cornehl 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Please remove linux-infinband, a result of a typo in my script that modifies the ever-changing Linux PKGBUILD. The "linux-infiniband" package is now being correctly updated again. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-infinband/ Cheers!

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[aur-general] Request Disown libnatpmp
by SpinFlo 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Hi, please disown https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libnatpmp/ i' ve sent a mail to the current maintainer @kreinloo. but the mail is rejected by server i've post 2 comments requesting update the package, but there have been no reply/update (and another user post with the same request some time before) greetings

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[aur-general] request remove vapoursynth-plugins-ffms2
by SpinFlo 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

please remove https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vapoursynth-plugin-ffms2/ no need because the symlink is include in ffms2 [community] package greetings

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[aur-general] Signoff report for [community-testing]
by Arch Website Notification 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

=== Signoff report for [community-testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 0 new packages in last 24 hours * 0 known bad packages * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 0 fully signed off packages * 20 packages missing signoffs * 16 packages older than 14 days (Note: the word 'package' as used here refers to packages as grouped by pkgbase, architecture, and repository; e.g., one PKGBUILD produces one package per architecture, even if it is a split package.) == Incomplete signoffs for [community] (16 total) == * acpi_call-1.1.0-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-6 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * exim-4.82-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * r8168-8.037.00-7 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1-52 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-44 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * vhba-module-20130607-24 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.6-5 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * acpi_call-1.1.0-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-6 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * exim-4.82-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * r8168-8.037.00-7 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1-52 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-44 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * vhba-module-20130607-24 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.6-5 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [unknown] (4 total) == * libnftnl-1.0.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * nftables-0.099-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * libnftnl-1.0.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * nftables-0.099-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == All packages in [community-testing] for more than 14 days (16 total) == * libnftnl-1.0.0-1 (i686), since 2014-01-20 * libnftnl-1.0.0-1 (x86_64), since 2014-01-20 * bbswitch-0.8-6 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * bbswitch-0.8-6 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1-52 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1-52 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * r8168-8.037.00-7 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * r8168-8.037.00-7 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * tp_smapi-0.41-44 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * tp_smapi-0.41-44 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * vhba-module-20130607-24 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * vhba-module-20130607-24 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.6-5 (i686), since 2014-01-26 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.6-5 (x86_64), since 2014-01-26 * acpi_call-1.1.0-2 (i686), since 2014-01-27 * acpi_call-1.1.0-2 (x86_64), since 2014-01-27 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. dan - 1 signoffs

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[aur-general] TU application sponsored by David Reisner
by Anatol Pomozov 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Hi everyone I would like to apply for a Arch Trusted User position. It is sponsored by my co-worker and bright engineer David Reisner. My name is Anatol Pomozov, I grew up in Belarus but live in USA now. I am an open-source enthusiast who uses Linux since about 2005. I've been using several distros mostly Debian based. About 2.5 years ago, when Ubuntu in-place upgrade killed my system once again, I've decided to give a try to a rolling-release distro. I had heard that Arch was difficult to use and unstable so I've been skeptical that Arch would survive at my computers for a long time. At my surprise Arch installation was easy and system was fast and stable. Documentation is clean and very helpful. And package manager is *FAST*! Yeah! I fell in love with Arch from the very first day. A few months later all my home computers were moved to Arch. And despite that I usually do crazy experiments at my home machines I've never had serious problems with Arch. Well, the only problem with Arch was in systemd-207 that prevented my btrfs-root machine from booting. About a year ago I started playing more active role in Arch community. I adopted a lot of broken and out-of-date packages. Currently I own 350+ packages [1]. A lot of packages are for ruby gems that previously were out-of-date or had broken dependencies. I improved existing gem2arch tool [2] and it helps me with ruby packages herding. At my day job I work on Linux kernel development/support at a large server farm. My daily activity includes a lot of debugging, performance profiling, code archaeology both for linux kernel and in-house userspace code. Some of my linux changes went upstream, here are few of them: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/12/391 http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=134750749009884&w=2 https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/1/171 Google Chromebook developers reported that my last patch fixed one of their top kernel crashes! Recently me and my 6 y/o son started learning microelectronics and digital design. Maybe some day we'll create MIPS-like CPU. Why do I want to become a TU? I like Arch and would like to keep it improving. It means making packages better, participate in important discussions that define where the distro moves. The short/mid terms plans for me are: - move some of my aur packages to community: rethinkdb, codespell, tup, mldonkey, v8. There are some other aur packages that I use and would also like to see in [community]: fatsort, digital design related tools, ... - add android-sdk-* packages. Current AUR packages download binaries and install binaries to /opt/bin. The binaries are 32-bit. Instead we should build SDK from sources and provide proper 64/32-bit binaries. This might be tricky as Android build system is complicated. - request moving Apache to [community] and finally update this package to 2.4 I can help with linux kernel issues, especially if they are related to storage/block subsystem. I also have experience with Ruby. This is my favorite scripting language that I use for 10 years now and I'll be glad to help with Ruby in Arch as well. [1] aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=m&K=anatolik [2] https://github.com/anatol/gem2arch

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