March 2017 - 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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] Should "base" packages be listed as dependencies?
by Baptiste Jonglez 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

Hi, I was pretty confident that "base" packages should be listed as dependencies in PKGBUILDs, i.e. they are not assumed to be installed (as opposed to "base-devel" for build dependencies). This belief is reinforced by the fact that namcap gives dependencies error about packages such as glibc (which is in "base"): E: Dependency glibc detected and not included (libraries ['usr/lib/libc.so.6', 'usr/lib/libcrypt.so.1'] needed in files ['usr/lib/libcli.so.1.9.7']) But I could not find any documentation about this. On the contrary, this wiki page [1] says the opposite: In addition, the base group is assumed to be installed on *all* Arch systems. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks, Baptiste [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg#Usage

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[aur-general] Review and a bit of other help request
by Konstantin Gizdov 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Hi all, So I have now for quite a while been the maintainer for the following: root root-extra pythia8 xrootd-abi0 (this exists as a work around for other maintainer not updating package) unuran root5 (legacy and poorly supported for GCC 5+, need help here especially) and just adopted pythia. I've actually put quite a bit of work in some of them. With the latest changes upstream here and there, I am planning to re-optimize the builds, but I wanted to first ask for some input from this list and gather some suggestions. My main focus is making CERN's ROOT and it's relevant dependencies/extensions work on Arch. I started and mainly concentrate on root and root-extra. Pythia, XRootD, Unuran are such extensions which were not available or broken in Arch. So I had to make 'pythia8' and 'xrootd-abi0' as workarounds. I have now finally been able to adopt 'pythia' and plan on making a major re-write and optimization. I still have to keep 'xrootd-abi0' as the current maintainer does not really update or fix his package when new versions/problems arise. I do not plan on making an orphan request, as I do not want to cause trouble for people. However, I do wish to make the current environment as good as possible for the people that actually use it and would welcome any input from you. Thanks in advance. Apart from that I wanted to understand better if and how package signing works with AUR. I tried the wiki and a bit of Google, but so far it seems package signing is only for official repos/trusted users. I did not want to try it out myself before getting some advice as I was afraid messing up will prevent people from installing them. Regards, Konstantin

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[aur-general] Aur password reset link doesn't send mail
by Taha Konuk 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Hello, I want to reset my aur login password but after I enter my email address to get a reset link I don't receive the mail. My account is on this mail. Can you guys help me? Thanks

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[aur-general] Trusted User application
by m4sk1n＠vivaldi.net 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

Hello, I'm Marcin Mikołajczak (on AUR 'm4sk1n') and I would like to become Arch User Repository Trusted User. I was born in Poland in 2001. I am Arch Linux user for about one year. I have recommended it to some people, a lot of them have switched from Windows to Manjaro. I understand bash scripting. Now I spend a lot of time on learning C++. Currently I'm maintainer of 5 packages in AUR and I can take care of more of them. The current ones are 'xnots-git', 'otter-browser-weekly', 'otter-browser-git' and two Xfce components (git checkout). I'm working on Polish translations of some open source projects (like Xfce, WINE, Otter Browser...). Of source I know how to use Git. My main non-technical interest is music, mainly electronic. If I become a TU I would like to push 'otter-browser' package to [community] repo. I would also adopt some packages, maybe music-related? Best way to contact me is IRC (freenode, as m4sk1n, I'm on 'arch-linux', 'arch-linux-aur' and 'arch-linux-newbie'). That's all, thanks for reading it, Best regards, m4sk1n

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[aur-general] Package review request
by Stefan Auditor 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Hi list, creating a PKGBUILD[1] for Traefik[2], a reverse proxy, I would like to have it reviewed, as this is the first package I do that is containing a service. I tried following the Arch packaging standards[3] but am fairly sure I missed things. Other than that it's a Golang project, so I just have a binary and some configuration files to package. Thank you for your time. Stefan [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/traefik-bin/ [2] https://github.com/containous/traefik [3] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_packaging_standards

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[aur-general] aurweb 4.5.1 released
by Lukas Fleischer 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Hello, We are pleased to announce aurweb 4.5.1, the first maintenance release for 4.5. The official aurweb setup [1] has already been updated. For a comprehensive list of changes, please consult the Git log [2]. As usual, bugs should be reported to the aurweb bug tracker [3]. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/ [2] https://projects.archlinux.org/aurweb.git/log/?id=v4.5.1 [3] https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=2

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[aur-general] VCS package guidelines
by Ralf Mardorf 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Hi, my understanding is, that if possible, it should look like this 1.2.r3.gabcdef7 and not alternatively 1.2_r3_gabcdef7 or 1.2_3_gabcdef7 A maintainer disagrees: "The pkgver extracts on the wiki are not there as strict rules that you need to comply with, but simply as examples that produce good, incrementing pkgvers." It's not important what AUR package I'm talking about, I just want to ensure that I'm not mistaken. Regards, Ralf

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[aur-general] TU Application: Christian Rebischke
by Christian Rebischke 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Hello everyone, I am Christian Rebischke (in the internet mostly known as 'shibumi') and I would like to increase my work in the Arch Linux Community and become Arch Linux TU. Thanks to Florian Pritz (bluewind) for being my sponsor. Maybe you know me already from the Arch Linux Security Team [1], but let me introduce me first. I was born in Goslar (Germany) in 1992 and I had first contact with Arch Linux with around 18. This is now more than 6 years ago. Before I had a long journey through the debian world with Ubuntu and Debian. Currently I study computer science at TU-Clausthal and I am halftime employed as Software Engineer at our Institute for Software Systems Engineering and as System Administrator at our Datacenter and the Institute for Mathematics [2]. January 2015 I started with my work in the Arch Linux Security Team and around half a year later I became official member of Arch Linux Security Team. If I recall correctly I pushed my first package into the AUR in 2014. At the moment I maintain 45 packages in the AUR [3]. Most of them are vim-plugins, python libraries or tools for malware analysis. I am interested in malware analysis, reverse engineering, large scale system administration, devops. I know python, bash, C, C++, Java, x86 assembler and some Rust, but I wouldn't call my self a professional developer. (Something that I want to change with my job in the Institute for Software Systems Engineering). Moreover I am quite active in the opensource community. I contributed small patches to systemd and others. The current project that I support with pull requests is powerlevel9k [4], a nice powerline for zsh. Non-technical interests are asian languages like Chinese (你们好，我会说一点点中文） and japanese (今日はみなさん), asian culture and cooking. If I become a TU I would want to adopt the following orphan packages in [community]: - ascii - audit - bup - connman Furthermore I would like to push the following packages from [AUR] to [community] (if the maintainers agree with it): - arch-audit - systemtap I also provide an Arch Linux Vagrant box and I would love to get 1-2 other people together and doing some official out of this [5]. I currently only provide virtualbox as hypervisor. My plan are monthly snapshots like CentOS does. Best ways to contact me are IRC (I am on freenode, oftc and hackint as shibumi and hangout in different #archlinux channels like #archlinux.de) the german archlinux.de forum and mail. My PGP Key fingerprint is: 6DAF 7B80 8F9D F251 3962 0000 D214 61E3 DFE2 060D best regards, Chris [1] https://www.archlinux.org/people/support-staff/ [2] https://en.nullday.de/about/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=m&K=Shibumi [4] https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k [5] https://atlas.hashicorp.com/archlinux/boxes/archlinux/

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[aur-general] aurweb 4.5.0 released
by Pablo Roberto Lezaeta Reyes 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

>Dear aurweb contributors and users, > >aurweb 4.5.0 has just been released. Ack, translations! I don't remember an anouncement about the string freeze, so now many languages have missing string, but better just wait until 4.5.1 to let the teams catch the 4.5 new strings. But My question is "what is the order used for short the packages?" -- *Pablo Lezaeta*

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