March 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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] A bit strange - unusual packages
by Rob Til Freedmen 28 Sep '14

28 Sep '14

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[aur-general] Orphan Request
by mytbk920423＠gmail.com 13 Jul '14

13 Jul '14

python-colorama[1] and python2-colorama[2] has been flagged out of date for a very long time, and I'd like to adopt them. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-colorama/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python2-colorama/

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[aur-general] Delete request: fontmatrix-svn
by Jerome Leclanche 12 May '14

12 May '14

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fontmatrix-svn/ - they are available on github.com/fontmatrix/fontmatrix now. J. Leclanche

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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] [Merge Request] trayfreq -> trayfreq-archlinux
by David Phillips 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

I maintain [1] and have decided to move it to follow my fork as the original source isn't compatible with Archlinux any more. Could I please have [1] merged into [2]? [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/trayfreq/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/trayfreq-archlinux/ Cheers, all the best. -- David Phillips GPG Key 0x7BF3D17D0884BF5B Fingerprint 2426 235A 7831 AA2F 56AF 4BC0 7BF3 D17D 0884 BF5B

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[aur-general] Compiz 0.9 packages cleanup, mergers?
by Charles Bos 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

There are a great deal of orphaned Compiz 0.9 packages in the AUR, some for the stable releases and some for bazaar. They are all on around 0.9.5 or 0.9.7. These are the packages I'm referring to: for stable release: * ccsm-dev -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ccsm-dev/ * compiz-plugins-extra-dev -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... extra-dev/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz-plugins-extra-dev/> * compiz-plugins-main-dev -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... -main-dev/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz-plugins-main-dev/> * compizconfig-backend-gconf-dev -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... gconf-dev/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compizconfig-backend-gconf-dev/> * compizconfig-backend-gsettings-dev -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... tings-dev/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compizconfig-backend-gsettings-dev/> * compizconfig-python-dev -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... ython-dev/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compizconfig-python-dev/> * libcompizconfig-dev -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libcompizconfig-dev/ for development release: * ccsm-bzr -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ccsm-bzr/ * compiz-core-bzr -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz-core-bzr/ * compiz-plugins-extra-bzr -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... extra-bzr/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz-plugins-extra-bzr/> * compiz-plugins-main-bzr -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... -main-bzr/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz-plugins-main-bzr/> * compizconfig-backend-gconf-bzr -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... gconf-bzr/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compizconfig-backend-gconf-bzr/> * compizconfig-backend-gsettings-bzr -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... tings-bzr/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compizconfig-backend-gsettings-bzr/> * compizconfig-python-bzr -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/comp ... ython-bzr/ <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compizconfig-python-bzr/> * libcompizconfig-bzr -- https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libcompizconfig-bzr/ As I understand it, Compiz upstream no longer packages all these components separately. They are all developed and packaged together in one launchpad project. That is why we have two main packages in the AUR for installing Compiz 0.9, compiz-dev and compiz-bzr. I've had a look on launchpad and this seems to be the case. For instance: The compiz-ccsm page (https://launchpad.net/compiz-ccsm) lists 0.9.5.92 as the latest version when it's actually 0.9.10. Therefore (unless I am much mistaken) all the packages above are obsolete and can never be updated to their latest upstream versions. I propose that all the dev packages above be merged with compiz-dev (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz-dev/) and all the bazaar packages be merged with compiz-bzr (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz-bzr/)

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[aur-general] Delete proposal: asus-screen-brightness
by Jerome Leclanche 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/asus-screen-brightness/ - The entirety code is stored in the source package - It's just a bash file and a system service file (which is not useful) - xorg-xbacklight provides the same functionality without requiring root. That said it's referenced in the wiki as an alternative to xorg-xbacklight which I... don't quite get. J. Leclanche

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[aur-general] [compiz] Merge request
by Florian Dejonckheere 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

Hi Please merge compiz [1] into compiz-core [2]. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz-core/ Thanks Florian

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