May 2015 - 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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] downgrade, resp. http://repo-arm.archlinuxcn.org
by Ralf Mardorf 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

Hi, "downgrade - Bash script for downgrading one or more packages to a version in your cache or the A.R.M." - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/downgrade/ I suspect that http://repo-arm.archlinuxcn.org stopped to provide new downgrades a while ago. Is there any information about what's going on? Regards, Ralf

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[aur-general] Dropping gtkhotkey from [community]
by Felix Yan 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

Hi, I am going to drop gtkhotkey from [community] to [unsupported]. It was included as a dependency of synapse, but no longer needed since synapse 0.2.99.1 and is not needed by anything else either. If there is no objection, I will do the move when the new synapse package moves out of [community-testing]. -- Regards, Felix Yan

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[aur-general] [RFC v2] Draft of the AUR 4.0.0 migration notification
by Lukas Fleischer 31 May '15

31 May '15

The original thread is too cluttered already so I decided to submit the second version in a separate thread. The only real change is that we decided to not make aur.archlinux.org a read-only archive such that users still get updates during the transition period (if AUR package maintainers decide to update both aur.archlinux.org and aur4.archlinux.org). Hello, This is an automated email to all AUR package maintainers. Starting from June 8th, 2015, the Arch User Repository is being migrated to a Git-based platform. If you want to continue maintaining your AUR packages, please submit them to aur4.archlinux.org before July 8th, 2015. We reserved all packages you are currently maintaining on aur.archlinux.org, such that nobody else can overwrite them. However, if you choose not to resubmit your package, we will cancel that reservation on July 8th. As of July 8th, you can submit packages that were not taken care of by their maintainers. On August 8th, the archive at aur.archlinux.org will be replaced by aur4.archlinux.org and the former aur.archlinux.org source tarballs will be made available for reference. Keep in mind to submit any package updates made between June 8th and August 8th to aur4.archlinux.org. Anything submitted to aur.archlinux.org during that period of time will be lost. For instructions on the new package submission process, please consult the Arch wiki [1]. If you encounter any bugs, please report them to the aurweb bug tracker [2]. Happy packaging! [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#AUR_4 [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=2 We are going to notify all AUR package maintainers tomorrow. If you have concerns, please raise them now. Regards, Lukas

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[aur-general] Palemoon font size
by Ralf Mardorf 31 May '15

31 May '15

Hi, the font size of the palemoon menu bar is smaller, than the font size other gtk2 apps are using. I'm running openbox. The font size is set by .gtkrc-2.0 and only ignored by palemoon. Is there a way to set up the font size for palemoon too? Regards, Ralf PS: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/palemoon/ $ pacman -Qi palemoon | grep Depends Depends On : gtk2 [...] $ cat .gtkrc-2.0 # Auto-written by gtk2_prefs. Do not edit. gtk-theme-name = "Adwaita" style "user-font" { font_name="FreeSans 12" } widget_class "*" style "user-font"

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[aur-general] Signoff report for [community-testing]
by Arch Website Notification 31 May '15

31 May '15

=== 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 * 14 packages missing signoffs * 6 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] (14 total) == * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python-tornado-4.2.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python2-systemd-220-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * shairport-sync-2.2.4-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * synapse-0.2.99.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python-tornado-4.2.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python2-systemd-220-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * shairport-sync-2.2.4-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * synapse-0.2.99.1-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == All packages in [community-testing] for more than 14 days (6 total) == * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (i686), since 2015-05-15 * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (i686), since 2015-05-15 * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (x86_64), since 2015-05-15 * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (x86_64), since 2015-05-15 * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (i686), since 2015-05-15 * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (x86_64), since 2015-05-15 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. foutrelis - 2 signoffs 2. djgera - 1 signoffs

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[aur-general] Signoff report for [community-testing]
by Arch Website Notification 30 May '15

30 May '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 * 14 packages missing signoffs * 6 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) == * shairport-sync-2.2.4-1 (i686) * shairport-sync-2.2.4-1 (x86_64) == Incomplete signoffs for [community] (14 total) == * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python-tornado-4.2.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python2-systemd-220-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * shairport-sync-2.2.4-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * synapse-0.2.99.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python-tornado-4.2.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python2-systemd-220-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * shairport-sync-2.2.4-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * synapse-0.2.99.1-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == All packages in [community-testing] for more than 14 days (6 total) == * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (i686), since 2015-05-15 * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (i686), since 2015-05-15 * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (x86_64), since 2015-05-15 * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (x86_64), since 2015-05-15 * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (i686), since 2015-05-15 * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (x86_64), since 2015-05-15 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours ==

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[aur-general] Signoff report for [community-testing]
by Arch Website Notification 29 May '15

29 May '15

=== 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 * 12 packages missing signoffs * 0 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] (12 total) == * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python-tornado-4.2.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python2-systemd-220-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * synapse-0.2.99.1-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * freecad-0.15.4671-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * opencascade-6.9.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python-tornado-4.2.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python2-systemd-220-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * synapse-0.2.99.1-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * virtualbox-modules-lts-4.3.28-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. eworm - 1 signoffs

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[aur-general] [Aur4] translations in transifex
by Pablo Lezaeta Reyes 29 May '15

29 May '15

I noticed that aur4 have some new strings but the transifex page has not pudated they string in a whole and also there are new complate and +50% languages. Is planed to update the transifex sometime soon? and the lang selector in home page of aur now will use the native name instead of ca_CA or fo_BA? -- *Pablo Lezaeta*

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[aur-general] Ho to update .SRCINFO without creating a tarball?
by Manuel Reimer 28 May '15

28 May '15

Hello, I'm doing my first steps with AUR 4.0 and I'm asked to commit both, PKGBUILD and .SRCINFO. .SRCINFO is automatically created with "makepkg --source", but there is no need for a tarball when pushing to GIT. So what I think that would be useful is something like "makepkg --upgradesrcinfo" or something like that. I something like this already available? Manuel

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