January 2015 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

[aur-general] Orphan packages, Policy on bots
by David Phillips 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Hi all, I've been looking at writing a small bot which will crawl over orphaned packages' PKGBUILDs, performing analysis and gathering stats. For example, I'm really keen on making an attempt to clean a bunch of them up. 25% of the 53587 packages in the AUR today are orphans and, like many others, I'd like to see this number decreased. In the past, I have manually gone down the list of orphans, but that's just horrible and slow (also, can't get my browser to do HTTP head requests). So naturally, I started writing a bot. I did start thinking about having the bot comment on packages with dead end sources, but soon realised this would complicate things too much if it were to stop repeating itself each time it is run etc. Being able to pull various lists (for humans, not bots, to act up) out of a magic hat. As a random example, it'd be useful to pull out a list of packages which: * Are orhpans * Have less than five votes * Have dead end sources * Haven't been updated in the last year So we could send a couple of people to, eg, adopt or file appropriate requests. So anyway, I've seen wiki bots doing their thing on our wiki, but what's the policy on AUR bots? -- Four word witty remark

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[aur-general] More trolling
by Alexandru Ianu 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

>Hi, > >The real Allan just removed the account. I'm now removing all his >comments. > >Lukas, is there an option to remove an account and all the comments made >by that account? > >-- >Jelle van der Waa Hi, The troll hit my account as well. The only lasting damage is a comment on the package: yaourt-gui-manjaro >AllanMcrea comment >2015-01-03 00:20 >WTF this does not work with pacman < 4.2 get off your butt and fix >this crap Thanks, Alexandru Ianu

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[aur-general] Rules about providing "compiled" documentation
by JoKoT3 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Hello, I maintain the package gnuplot-nox [1], which is a low dependency version of extra package gnuplot [2]. Until recently, I was building and installing the gnuplot.info file (texinfo format) using file gnuplot.texi which was provided in the archive. (generation goes this way : gnuplot.doc -> gnuplot.texi -> gnuplot.info). The latest release of gnuplot (5.0) does not provide the intermediate texi file anymore. Without it, I cannot generate the info file directly, I have to use emacs to generate the texi file. This bring a new build dependency to the package. I'm looking for advises on how to deal with the situation : 1/ Can I provide a locally built gnuplot.info in the package ? Does this respect the standard ? 2/ Should I give up on providing the info file ? 3/ Should I keep the emacs build-deps and keep building the info file ? Not really low-dependency... Also note that generating the info file is not a default target of the Makefile since version 4.6.4. The only other "usable" source of documentation I can provide with the package is the gnuplot.pdf file which is still present in the archive. Regards, [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnuplot-nox/ [2] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/gnuplot/

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Re: [aur-general] Forgotten email address
by ioanmoldovan 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Yes, i haven't used my account in months and forgot it. Sorry! Sent from Samsung MobileTaylor Lookabaugh <jesus.christ.i.love(a)gmail.com> wrote:On 01/06/2015 12:51 AM, Ioan Moldovan wrote: > Also my username is: ioanm > > On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 08:48:48AM +0200, Ioan Moldovan wrote: >> Hi, my name is Ioan Moldovan, and I have forgotten my aur email. Can you >> please help me? So you forgot your password too I suppose? You should be able to login and know which email is connected to the account if you remember your password. -- Taylor Lookabaugh "I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people, the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize any-one. I believe in giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise." --Charles Schwab

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Re: [aur-general] Forgotten email address
by ioanmoldovan 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Yes, i'm sorry Sent from Samsung MobileTaylor Lookabaugh <jesus.christ.i.love(a)gmail.com> wrote:On 01/06/2015 12:51 AM, Ioan Moldovan wrote: > Also my username is: ioanm > > On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 08:48:48AM +0200, Ioan Moldovan wrote: >> Hi, my name is Ioan Moldovan, and I have forgotten my aur email. Can you >> please help me? So you forgot your password too I suppose? You should be able to login and know which email is connected to the account if you remember your password. -- Taylor Lookabaugh "I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people, the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize any-one. I believe in giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise." --Charles Schwab

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[aur-general] Signoff report for [community-testing]
by Arch Website Notification 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

=== Signoff report for [community-testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 2 new packages in last 24 hours * 0 known bad packages * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 0 fully signed off packages * 21 packages missing signoffs * 15 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.) == New packages in [community-testing] in last 24 hours (2 total) == * python-h5py-2.4.0-1 (i686) * python-h5py-2.4.0-1 (x86_64) == Incomplete signoffs for [community] (19 total) == * eric-6.0.0-1 (any) 1/2 signoffs * eric-i18n-6.0.0-1 (any) 1/2 signoffs * freevo-1.9.0-14 (any) 0/2 signoffs * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-21 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python-h5py-2.4.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * r8168-8.039.00-6 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * vhba-module-20140928-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-21 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python-h5py-2.4.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * r8168-8.039.00-6 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * vhba-module-20140928-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [unknown] (2 total) == * qscintilla-qt5-2.8.4-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * qscintilla-qt5-2.8.4-2 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs == All packages in [community-testing] for more than 14 days (15 total) == * freevo-1.9.0-14 (any), since 2014-08-27 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * bbswitch-0.8-21 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * r8168-8.039.00-6 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * bbswitch-0.8-21 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * r8168-8.039.00-6 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * vhba-module-20140928-1 (i686), since 2014-12-21 * vhba-module-20140928-1 (x86_64), since 2014-12-21 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. jsteel - 2 signoffs

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[aur-general] Forgotten email address
by Ioan Moldovan 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Hi, my name is Ioan Moldovan, and I have forgotten my aur email. Can you please help me?

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[aur-general] Signoff report for [community-testing]
by Arch Website Notification 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

=== Signoff report for [community-testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 2 new packages in last 24 hours * 1 known bad package * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 0 fully signed off packages * 73 packages missing signoffs * 17 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.) == New packages in [community-testing] in last 24 hours (2 total) == * sage-mathematics-6.4.1-5 (i686) * sage-mathematics-6.4.1-5 (x86_64) == Incomplete signoffs for [community] (68 total) == * eric-6.0.0-1 (any) 1/2 signoffs * eric-i18n-6.0.0-1 (any) 1/2 signoffs * facter-2.3.0-2 (any) 1/2 signoffs * freevo-1.9.0-14 (any) 0/2 signoffs * hiera-1.3.4-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-highline-1.6.21-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-mail-2.6.3-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-mime-types-2.4.3-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-mustache-0.99.6-3 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-pkgconfig-1.1.6-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-polyglot-0.3.5-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-rack-1.6.0-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-ronn-0.7.3-3 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-term-ansicolor-1.3.0-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-tins-1.3.3-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-treetop-1.5.3-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * rubyripper-0.6.2-6 (any) 0/2 signoffs * taskjuggler3-3.5.0-10 (any) 0/2 signoffs * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-21 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * cairo-dock-plugins-3.4.0-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * clearsilver-0.10.5-16 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * marisa-0.2.4-5 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * notmuch-0.19-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * obexftp-0.24-4 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * passenger-4.0.53-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python2-systemd-218-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * r8168-8.039.00-6 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-cairo-1.14.1-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-gnome2-2.2.4-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-hpricot-0.8.6-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-iconv-1.0.4-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-ncurses-1.3.1-7 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-rdiscount-2.1.7.1-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-shadow-2.4.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * sage-mathematics-6.4.1-5 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * uwsgi-2.0.8-5 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * vagrant-1.7.1-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * vhba-module-20140928-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * xmms2-0.8DrO_o-32 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-21 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * cairo-dock-plugins-3.4.0-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * clearsilver-0.10.5-16 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * marisa-0.2.4-5 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * notmuch-0.19-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * obexftp-0.24-4 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * passenger-4.0.53-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python2-systemd-218-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * r8168-8.039.00-6 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-cairo-1.14.1-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-gnome2-2.2.4-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-hpricot-0.8.6-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-iconv-1.0.4-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-ncurses-1.3.1-7 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-rdiscount-2.1.7.1-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-shadow-2.4.1-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * sage-mathematics-6.4.1-5 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * uwsgi-2.0.8-5 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * vagrant-1.7.1-2 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * vhba-module-20140928-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * xmms2-0.8DrO_o-32 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [unknown] (5 total) == * sage-mathematics-doc-6.4.1-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * sage-notebook-0.11.1-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * sagetex-2.3.4-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * qscintilla-qt5-2.8.4-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * qscintilla-qt5-2.8.4-2 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs == All packages in [community-testing] for more than 14 days (17 total) == * freevo-1.9.0-14 (any), since 2014-08-27 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * bbswitch-0.8-21 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * r8168-8.039.00-6 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * bbswitch-0.8-21 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * r8168-8.039.00-6 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * python2-systemd-218-1 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * python2-systemd-218-1 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * vhba-module-20140928-1 (i686), since 2014-12-21 * vhba-module-20140928-1 (x86_64), since 2014-12-21 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. fyan - 3 signoffs 2. bpiotrowski - 3 signoffs

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[aur-general] Signoff report for [community-testing]
by Arch Website Notification 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

=== Signoff report for [community-testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 2 new packages in last 24 hours * 1 known bad package * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 0 fully signed off packages * 73 packages missing signoffs * 15 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.) == New packages in [community-testing] in last 24 hours (2 total) == * sage-mathematics-6.4.1-4 (i686) * sage-mathematics-6.4.1-4 (x86_64) == Incomplete signoffs for [community] (68 total) == * eric-6.0.0-1 (any) 1/2 signoffs * eric-i18n-6.0.0-1 (any) 1/2 signoffs * facter-2.3.0-2 (any) 1/2 signoffs * freevo-1.9.0-14 (any) 0/2 signoffs * hiera-1.3.4-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-highline-1.6.21-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-mail-2.6.3-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-mime-types-2.4.3-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-mustache-0.99.6-3 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-pkgconfig-1.1.6-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-polyglot-0.3.5-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-rack-1.6.0-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-ronn-0.7.3-3 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-term-ansicolor-1.3.0-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-tins-1.3.3-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-treetop-1.5.3-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * rubyripper-0.6.2-6 (any) 0/2 signoffs * taskjuggler3-3.5.0-10 (any) 0/2 signoffs * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-21 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * cairo-dock-plugins-3.4.0-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * clearsilver-0.10.5-16 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * marisa-0.2.4-5 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * notmuch-0.19-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * obexftp-0.24-4 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * passenger-4.0.53-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python2-systemd-218-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * r8168-8.039.00-6 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-cairo-1.14.1-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-gnome2-2.2.4-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-hpricot-0.8.6-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-iconv-1.0.4-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-ncurses-1.3.1-7 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-rdiscount-2.1.7.1-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * ruby-shadow-2.4.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * sage-mathematics-6.4.1-4 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * uwsgi-2.0.8-5 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * vagrant-1.7.1-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * vhba-module-20140928-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * xmms2-0.8DrO_o-32 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * bbswitch-0.8-21 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * cairo-dock-plugins-3.4.0-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * clearsilver-0.10.5-16 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * marisa-0.2.4-5 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * notmuch-0.19-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * obexftp-0.24-4 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * passenger-4.0.53-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python2-systemd-218-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * r8168-8.039.00-6 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-cairo-1.14.1-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-gnome2-2.2.4-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-hpricot-0.8.6-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-iconv-1.0.4-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-ncurses-1.3.1-7 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-rdiscount-2.1.7.1-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ruby-shadow-2.4.1-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * sage-mathematics-6.4.1-4 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * uwsgi-2.0.8-5 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * vagrant-1.7.1-2 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * vhba-module-20140928-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * xmms2-0.8DrO_o-32 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [unknown] (5 total) == * sage-mathematics-doc-6.4.1-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * sage-notebook-0.11.1-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * sagetex-2.3.4-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * qscintilla-qt5-2.8.4-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * qscintilla-qt5-2.8.4-2 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs == All packages in [community-testing] for more than 14 days (15 total) == * freevo-1.9.0-14 (any), since 2014-08-27 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * rt3562sta-2.4.1.1_r1-15 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * acpi_call-1.1.0-17 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * tp_smapi-0.41-58 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * virtualbox-modules-4.3.20-4 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * bbswitch-0.8-21 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * r8168-8.039.00-6 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * bbswitch-0.8-21 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * r8168-8.039.00-6 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 * python2-systemd-218-1 (i686), since 2014-12-17 * python2-systemd-218-1 (x86_64), since 2014-12-17 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. jsteel - 1 signoffs

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[aur-general] pacworld(3) in AUR
by Troy Engel 03 Jan '15

03 Jan '15

Wondering what the right thing to do here is -- there is/was a package "pacworld" that has a dead homepage and source is no longer available (Dropbox link). Someone else came along (violating the guidelines) and made a 'pacworld3' package pointing at another download location of a newer Dropbox tarball, it's also dead now as well. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&C=0&SeB=nd&K=pacworld&outdated=&SB=… I Google around and found the author on Github, but his copy of the code is pre either of these packages. Another google hit found a pastebin.com "version" of the later code but it's veracity is questionable. My end opinion is this code is dead and neither package can be rebuilt (kinda sad, as I thought it sounded interesting) and looks to have just died upstream. Should we file a delete request for these in AUR? What's the standard process in this situation to clean things up when upstream/sources disappear? -te

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