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out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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
Hi All,
My name is Giancarlo Razzolini (grazzolini) and I would like to become a TU. Before anything, I want to thank Jelle van der Waa for agreeing to become my sponsor.
I'm 33 years old. I am a developer and infrastructure manager at my own company. I have been using Linux since 1999. Despite my name, I am not Italian, but I'm Brazilian (of Italian descent). My first experience with Linux was with Conectiva Linux, but soon I moved to Slackware, where I stayed for many years. For work reasons, I ended up using Ubuntu for some years. In 2013 I moved to Arch, and it was love at first sight. Or better, at first use.
Right from the beginning I started to contribute, first helping out with the wiki. Later, when I found out about the simplicity of creating and maintaining packages, I started to put some on the AUR. Also, I adapted some tools I had developed for Ubuntu initramfs system, to Arch. Also, I created new ones. Most of them are related with remote unlocking of an encrypted root partition, so lots of early userspace networking. I am also very active on IRC.
Recently I also subscribed as a tester, and I do give signoff's to the packages I am able to test. If I become a TU, I would like to bring some of the packages I maintain on the AUR[0] to community, specially:
keepass-plugin-keeagent
tinyssh (co-maintained)
ucspi-tcp
I would also like to bring some of my own project's packages, specially:
mkinitcpio-netconf[1]
mkinitcpio-dropbear[2]
mkinitcpio-tinyssh[3]
mkinitcpio-utils[4]
I am willing to adopt packages also. From the list of orphaned packages, I am willing to adopt right away terminator and all it's dependencies.
Thanks in advance,
Giancarlo Razzolini
[0]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=m&K=grazzolini
[1]https://github.com/grazzolini/mkinitcpio-netconf
[2]https://github.com/grazzolini/mkinitcpio-dropbear
[3]https://github.com/grazzolini/mkinitcpio-tinyssh
[4]https://github.com/grazzolini/mkinitcpio-utils
=== Signoff report for [community-testing] ===
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/
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* 0 known bad packages
* 0 packages not accepting signoffs
* 0 fully signed off packages
* 10 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.)
== New packages in [community-testing] in last 24 hours (6 total) ==
* gammu-1.37.91-1 (i686)
* nodejs-7.0.0-1 (i686)
* python-gammu-2.7-1 (i686)
* gammu-1.37.91-1 (x86_64)
* nodejs-7.0.0-1 (x86_64)
* python-gammu-2.7-1 (x86_64)
== Incomplete signoffs for [community] (10 total) ==
* gammu-1.37.91-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* nodejs-7.0.0-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* pd-0.47.1-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* python-gammu-2.7-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* supercollider-3.7.2-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* gammu-1.37.91-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
* nodejs-7.0.0-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
* pd-0.47.1-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
* python-gammu-2.7-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
* supercollider-3.7.2-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
== Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours ==
1. pid1 - 4 signoffs
2. heftig - 2 signoffs
=== 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
* 8 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] (8 total) ==
* python-pyflakes-1.3.0-1 (any)
1/2 signoffs
* soundfont-fluid-3.1-1 (any)
0/2 signoffs
* pd-0.47.1-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* python-xapian-1:1.2.24-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* supercollider-3.7.2-1 (i686)
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* pd-0.47.1-1 (x86_64)
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* python-xapian-1:1.2.24-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
* supercollider-3.7.2-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
== Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours ==
1. hcartiaux - 1 signoffs
2. basica - 1 signoffs
=== Signoff report for [community-testing] ===
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/
There are currently:
* 4 new packages in last 24 hours
* 0 known bad packages
* 0 packages not accepting signoffs
* 0 fully signed off packages
* 8 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.)
== New packages in [community-testing] in last 24 hours (4 total) ==
* pd-0.47.1-1 (i686)
* supercollider-3.7.2-1 (i686)
* pd-0.47.1-1 (x86_64)
* supercollider-3.7.2-1 (x86_64)
== Incomplete signoffs for [community] (8 total) ==
* python-pyflakes-1.3.0-1 (any)
1/2 signoffs
* soundfont-fluid-3.1-1 (any)
0/2 signoffs
* pd-0.47.1-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* python-xapian-1:1.2.24-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* supercollider-3.7.2-1 (i686)
0/1 signoffs
* pd-0.47.1-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
* python-xapian-1:1.2.24-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
* supercollider-3.7.2-1 (x86_64)
0/2 signoffs
== Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours ==
1. pid1 - 7 signoffs
2. qguv - 5 signoffs
3. sangy - 5 signoffs