August 2018 - 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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] TU Application - Chih-Hsuan Yen
by Chih-Hsuan Yen 30 Aug '18

30 Aug '18

Hi all, My name is Chih-Hsuan Yen. I'm also known as yan12125. I am applying to be a Trusted User with Felix Yan's sponsorship. I'm currently a PhD student in Taiwan. My Linux journey started when I met Ubuntu in 2011. Soon after that, I jumped to Arch Linux in 2012 for its simplicity. During my spare time, I'm active in open source stuffs. You may find some interesting bits on my GitHub [1] and GitLab [2] accounts. Most of my Arch contributions can be found on AUR [3]. Besides that, I'm also an Arch Linux tester and a member of Arch Linux China community, keeping some binary packages in the unofficial repo [archlinuxcn] up-to-date [4]. If I'm accepted as a TU, I'd like to improve the ecosystem for Arch users speaking Chinese. Specifically, I'll keep an eye on Chinese IME (Input Method Engine) and font packages, including but not limited to the following ones: - libchewing - the core library for a Chinese input method "Chewing" - scim-chewing - the SCIM adaptor for the chewing input method - ttf-arphic-ukai - a popular font in Taiwan - ttf-arphic-uming - another popular font in Taiwan Both libchewing and scim-chewing are in [extra] now. As they have no other reverse dependencies in [extra], I assume it's possible to move them to [community] for further maintenance. Also, as a Python developer, I'm interesting in making Python packages in Arch Linux even better. I'd like to bring the following packages to [community]: - buildbot - the main program of a continuous integration framework [5] - buildbot-worker - running commands dispatched by the master - python-buildbot-{www,console-view,grid-view,waterfall-view,wsgi-dashboards,badges} - buildbot plugins - python-buildbot-pkg - an auxiliary package for building buildbot plugins from sources. I'll create a stable version from my buildbot-pkg-git package. - python-{aws-xray-sdk,jsondiff,klein,moto,nose-random,pathlib2,pyjade,setuptools-trial,txrequests} - direct or indirect runtime/build-time/check-time dependencies for buildbot-related packages I'd like to improve dependency handling for Python packages in Namcap as well. Furthermore, I'm interested in move some other useful packages to [community]. Here are some packages coming out of my head: - pcmanx-gtk2 - A popular BBS/Telnet client in Taiwan (29 votes on AUR) - qps - the GUI process monitor recommended by LXQt (2% on pkgstats) - cmst - a Qt frontend for connman recommended by LXQt (49 votes on AUR) I'd like to stop here. Thanks for reading such a long mail. I'm passionately looking forward an oppurtunity to extend my Arch contributions to a new scope! Regards, Chih-Hsuan Yen [1] https://github.com/yan12125 [2] https://gitlab.com/yan12125 [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=M&K=yan12125&SB=p&SO=d&PP=50&do… [4] https://github.com/archlinuxcn/repo/blob/80adbb5dbee28591f95babf4aed91b0791… [5] https://buildbot.net/

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[aur-general] Amd-ucode - manjaro tools
by fredbezies 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

Rajouter amd-ucode au fichier package-root pour la compilation des images ISO d'octobre 2018 -- Frederic Bezies fredbezies(a)gmail.com

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[aur-general] [tu-bylaws][PATCH] extend tu addition discussion period to 7 days
by Levente Polyak 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

Just adding this signed mail to authenticate i indeed proposed this change :) cheers, Levente

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[aur-general] Blobs in package
by Tucker Boniface 26 Aug '18

26 Aug '18

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hey all, I am the maintainer of the acroread package on the aur. As you might know, if you use that program, it fails to run with newer versions of harfbuzz and glib. So, as suggested by users on the bbs, I have decided to bundle the needed libraries with acroread, but I have run into a problem. When I try to push my patch to the aur, I get "maxium blob size (250.00KiB) exceeded)." What would be the best way to bundle the libraries? It doesn't feel right for me to put them up on my server. TL;DR: What's the best way to bundle blobs with an aur package? Tucker Boniface -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEtBZqZi6L9mU3zSoTo3Ay1mUVXGEFAluC70oACgkQo3Ay1mUV XGHqQA/+PklUgm3b6sOcGv/JoYErReVyXQUcMU1iTAda9LbVsFqS9E6Ubxnmj73q fzmpC+Mobn/qzI0Vim1UOvKwqacImp0niz4jKolHFIyLvGd91kB3e8aey+INxn3z Gz7pRQiPKCVbJpKxQyy8hzenLpmh3rhAefF1kGKKoMzgIDaMDy9DKoMgKDZXFaVb iRClmzY+/OPngbd0ADB2A8EaDMudr8IuuJkIhzl4lksXMZXf66gjS8fGV8YPFrEq krx/OIKzxTJ5uT9G071PhoSZaAerKGZlWXZrVmik0Mp/kxJp878yrBZOTG1kwnmJ jWrTjKGsp6toDQlY/CMBToua+EXzCY5CAJ7GKZ3SH76mj5BmPvVCOre6T2rF+5ys SKE+a7jeJa78ZgiWkG7eMEzs5dk/spBa5TMrqL3d2lGgSjat9BsMG8yoqms6kqnt PY/0EOAaJcnYM5ClYtltfxdi38XUWo0eTRBhJse9+/e7OzhmoGZDNUulNEXAlZza SYLZh/7DdLZq8uphhhHNokcYMvGCp7hm1ebGPr6xiq74U+2LRPPnVgjhUFrZ6oRy 3jqh1dxUi5ldIJ54chZhaGjqbPMAvhBUKeGWTVxfQX/Js35Ufa+kyxX/Q6j5BcCF 3yOxwkxNd/gymQ/9L4CQgYQFsVM4KlAnfu/lAJQrrfkuqkMTEiM= =TXB9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[aur-general] Request to delete AUR package vim-tetris
by crt 24 Aug '18

24 Aug '18

The project has not had an upstream update in just about a decade. Instead of making this package an orphan I'd like to request to remove it from AUR. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vim-tetris/ Cheers

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Re: [aur-general] intellij-idea-community-edition
by kunik08＠wp.pl 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

> On 8/10/18 8:20 AM, Simon Legner via aur-general wrote: > > Hi Arch! > > > > (I'm not sure whether I'm posting to the correct mailing list.) > > I'm a happy user of IntelliJ IDEA. Unfortunately, the community > > package intellij-idea-community-edition is out-of-date most of the > > time. As of writing, it has been updated at 2018-07-10 and flagged > > again on 2018-07-12. In the meanwhile, the versions 2018.1.6, 2018.2, > > 2018.2.1 have been released. > > Since I found updates to be smooth, updating the community package > > should be easy as well. Could any TU step in as (co)maintainer of this > > package to bring updates closer to the time? > > > > Thank you! > > Simon > > > > Hi, > > I've spoken to Lukas and am now co-maintaining the package. Together I > believe we will achieve faster update cycles. > > cheers, > Levente

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[aur-general] Weird notification about papirus-filezilla-themes-git package ownership
by Mohammadreza Abdollahzadeh 20 Aug '18

20 Aug '18

Hi, I got a message from AUR notification system about papirus-filezilla- themes-git [1] package being disowned by some user named Handel [2], but I am sole maintainer and submitter [3] of this package and no one else maintain it. How this is possible for my package to be disowned by someone which is not maintainer of it? [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/papirus-filezilla-themes-git/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/Handle/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/morealaz

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[aur-general] I'm wonder is there any tool to list TU's workload?
by Daniel YC Lin 20 Aug '18

20 Aug '18

I guest the TU's workload may be calculated by a. How many packages which he owns. b. How many commits during a past year c. How many bugs required to solved? To print out by graph maybe interesting. These may be calculated by some SQL if owned the access permission of database. For person without permission may pull the packages and bugs listing and git log to get that picture

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[aur-general] TU application - Daniel YC Lin
by Daniel YC Lin 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

Hello, My name is Daniel YC Lin, I'm 48 years old and I'm programmer in Taipei, Taiwan. On the forums and irc you can find me as dlintw. As you can see with some of my packages [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=m&K=dlin& <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=m&K=dlin&>] I'm interested in packaging for arch related zh-tw locale packages. I've nearly 30 years shell scripts experiences. I've build Archlinux on sh4 CPU about 4-5 years ago. During that experience I've learned from uboot to linux kerenl and all 'base' packages build from scratch. There are no special packages which I wish to put in my repository. I wish to share the loading of Felix Yan for example (gcin) My sponsor is Felix Yan. Best Regards, Daniel Lin

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