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[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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] Launch script: distinguish Java version
by Simon Legner 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Hi, is there a canonical way to distinguish the active Java version in the launch script of a Java application? (a) I could do a switch on the `archlinux-java get` output. However, this strategy might fail for unconsidered JVMs from AUR. (b) I could parse the `java -version` output. However, the output is somewhat complex to parse and its syntax differs between Java versions and implementations. (c) Some packages rely on aur/archlinux-java-run. The Arch Linux Wiki page does not mention any strategy or preferred way. [0] Rationale: jd-gui needs additional JVM arguments to make it run on Java ⩾9. [1] Thanks, simon04 [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Java_package_guidelines [1] https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-gui/issues/187#issuecomment-408341767

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[aur-general] Away until January 31st
by Jerome Leclanche 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Hey folks, I'm on a pretty awful laptop + internet right now and unable to attend to TU duties until end of the month. I'll note that I'm unable to even load https://aur.archlinux.org -- it seems to hang at the TLSv1.3 handshake on my 4G (tethered or not). This has been the case since forever but it's now an issue. I initially thought it was just down. Then thought it was on my side but the rest of the archlinux domains work fine. Any idea what could cause this? J. Leclanche

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[aur-general] spam comment in AUR package camotics
by Paul Hentschel 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

A spam comment was posted at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/camotics/ by this new user https://aur.archlinux.org/account/Addu12 Paul

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[aur-general] I want to update gtkhtml4 in AUR
by stefan-husmann＠t-online.de 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Hello, Can someone please have a look on what happens on server side? I want to update gtkhtml4 in AUR adding a long proposed (in the comments) patch. This fails with fatal: unable to access 'https://aur.archlinux.org/gtkhtml4.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403 I maybe do not see the obvious, but I can update my other packages without problems, but not thi one, which I newly adopted. Best Regards Stefan

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[aur-general] Purge of packages orphaned, out-of-date, and last updated before 2017
by Daniel M. Capella 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Based on the loosely defined "cleanup criteria"[], we're overdue for a little purge. The candidates can be found here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=&outdated=on&SB=l&SO=a&PP=… https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=250&SeB=nd&outdated=on&SB=l&SO=a&PP=2… Please run `aurphan -a` to see if you have any orphaned AUR packages installed, and do everyone a favor by adopting them. If there are no objections, it will be done this weekend. A reply will be sent for record-keeping with the list of packages prior to deletion. []: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:AUR_Cleanup_Day#Possible… -- Best, polyzen

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[aur-general] [tu-bylaws] [PATCH] add README describing how to update the bylaws
by Eli Schwartz 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Signed-off-by: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz(a)archlinux.org> --- This is not an amendment to the bylaws themselves, and as such does not require any sort of vote. But I think this is rather useful to have, as there is currently not a case of perfect clarity for the administrivium involved in processing updates. As development of the bylaws happens on this list, I'm sending it in here. Hope this change makes sense to all. README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..262a22c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# AUR Trusted User Bylaws + +This document describes the bylaws which govern the Arch Linux Trusted Users. + +Instructions for updating: + +- follow the procedure outlined in the bylaws for proposing an update +- if accepted, push to master branch of this repository and tag the commit + "proposal-$num" to correspond with the vote ID at + https://aur.archlinux.org/tu/ +- ask one of the aurweb maintainers to run `make` and deploy the resulting + `*.html` to `${aurweb_root}/web/html/trusted-user/` -- 2.20.1

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[aur-general] What happened to wine-gaming-nine?
by Alex Smith 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

I am curious as to what happened to the AUR package named "wine-gaming- nine". Did the account behind it get banned? Or was it simply deleted because it was out of date.

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[aur-general] [PATCH][tu-bylaws]: raise threshold of sponsors to two
by Santiago Torres 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

The current threshold of applicants has raised some concerns with the TU community regarding the quality of the applications submitted. In order to improve this, increase the threshold of TU sponsors with the following goals: - Have two TUs review the applicants PKBUILDs - Have two TUs actually decide to support this canididate --- tu-bylaws.txt | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/tu-bylaws.txt b/tu-bylaws.txt index d32e06c..e958393 100644 --- a/tu-bylaws.txt +++ b/tu-bylaws.txt @@ -100,11 +100,13 @@ Addition of a TU The addition of a TU may occur at any time. -In order to become a TU, one must first find a sponsoring TU, -and arrange privately with them to announce their candidacy on the -https://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aur-general[aur-general] mailing -list. Following the announcement, standard voting procedure commences with a -discussion period of 14 days, a quorum of 66%, and a voting period of 7 days. +In order to become a TU, one must first find two sponsoring TUs following the +guidelines outlined below, and arrange privately with them to announce their +candidacy on the +https://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aur-general[aur-general] +mailing list. Following the announcement, standard voting procedure commences +with a discussion period of 14 days, a quorum of 66%, and a voting period of 7 +days. ---- SVP( addition_of_TU, 14, 0.66, 7 ); @@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ SVP( addition_of_TU, 14, 0.66, 7 ); If a candidate is rejected by SVP, they may not reapply to become a Trusted User for a period of three months. + Removal of a TU --------------- -- 2.20.1

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[aur-general] TU application_R: Metal A-wing (a-wing)
by Metal A-wing 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

On Tue Jan 8 20:19:43 UTC 2019, David Runge wrote: > * ruby-websockets-extensions > * pkgname: avoid composition What should I do? > * arch: single quotes missing > * url: use double quotes > * license: single quotes missing > * depends: single quotes missing > * makedepends: single quotes missing > * package(): _gemdir can be derived from $(gem env gemdir), Why is use `$(gem env gemdir)` Instead of `$(ruby -e'puts Gem.default_dir')` > LICENSE.md can be installed using 'install -t' Why is use `install -t` Instead of `install -D` ``` install --help -D create all leading components of DEST except the last, or all components of --target-directory, then copy SOURCE to DEST -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY copy all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY ```

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