November 2023 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

Re: got a laptop
by zoorat 13 Nov '23

13 Nov '23

hi, thanks for the answer. but i think i asked the question in the wrong way. when i was testing out-of-date packages there were some with out-of-date flag before 2020 but those works i was meaning to ask, **how long does the package have to be out of sync with the main source ??** also i found some pkgs with depreciated `git://` but those works after modding it with `git+https://`. i generally report them if and only if they are orphans. On 11/13/23 04:51, aur-general-request(a)lists.archlinux.org wrote: > "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty(a)gmail.com> writes: > >>> 2. should AUR host out-of-date but working packages ?? >>> >> >> There is always a sliding-scale of "How out-of-date?". Is some user of >> the package just flagging it 10 minutes after the latest upstream >> change? >> >> Is a dependency no longer supported by Arch (that's what AUR is >> for...)? >> >> Some packages may not have been updated in quite a while, but may be >> 100% valid and still good. >> >> This is hard to give advise on without knowing more about what you are >> considering "out-of-date"? > > I want to add that sometimes the maintainer might be already > working on an update but didn't release it. > It's easier to branch of a package and test it until merging it to the > AUR sometimes. -- yours zoorat, PGP: 00000586360F8791A5492251129802DDA8074345 GITHUB: https://github.com/z00rat

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got a laptop :)
by zoorat 12 Nov '23

12 Nov '23

hi, i am the same guy from https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org… got a system with archlinux after a long time. it took way too long because my exam just got delayed and delayed then on top of that, some other stuff stupid happened... currently got into a university and studying CSE. during this time, i used an archlinux container from an old mac to keep my cli packages up to date. still using that mac but flashed it with linux. i wanna thank all those people who tried to help me fix my laptop and set up a server to keep maintaining my packages, i can't explain how happy those emails made me. and also thanks to all who co-maintained my packages. thanks a lot mate. i'm back reporting broken packages in AUR. already 52 pending :) love this new /requests page, wish it had some personal stats. but as i wasn't very active on the mailing list, i don't really know much about new or changed rules. please tell me what changed and what i should not do. some questions: 1. is it ok to file deletion req for not orphan also not out of date package ?? should i first try to contact the maintainer and if he does not update, should i file req then ?? what if there is no way to contact him ?? 2. should AUR host out-of-date but working packages ?? 3. is it ok to ask people to be co-maintainer for their pkgs ?? 4. review my PKGBUILDs, please list: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?K=zoorat&SeB=m 5. about TU ?? my 1224 deletion req was accepted, and 6 deletion req was rejected, 52 req is pending for now. (got this number by filtering by `notify(a)aur.archlinux.org` and searching for "has been rejected by" / "has been accepted by". don't know if it's right info tho) and i'm also maintaining some pkgs. is this enough ?? when i asked last time, @ainola told me my account was young. do i meet the requirements for being a TU ?? 6. shouldn't i remove inactive co-maintainers ?? thanks in advance. p.s. sorry about my English. -- yours zoorat, PGP: 00000586360F8791A5492251129802DDA8074345 GITHUB: https://github.com/z00rat

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Removal of Jonas Witschel (diabonas) as Package Maintainer
by Levente Polyak 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

Hi all, I'd like to start a "Special Removal of an Inactive Package Maintainer" [0] for Jonas Witschel (diabonas) based on prolonged inactivity. Jonas has not executed any packaging or AUR maintenance duties since a very long time. Due to this I tried to reach Jonas since quite a while over various channels. Finally I was able to get a response via Signal mid of January 2023. He promised to try to catch up with things that neglected, which unfortunately still didn't happen for his Arch responsibilities. Afterwards I've also tried to get a response in March, May, June and August, without success. Furthermore, gromit has also reached out independently while trying to reach all package maintainers that missed multiple votes, also without success. Hence we also started replacing Jonas as main key holder and I hereby start the Package Maintainer removal with this thread. The discussion period will last for three days, after which there will be a voting period of five days. Cheers, Levente [0]: https://package-maintainer-bylaws.aur.archlinux.org/#_special_removal_of_an…

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'gnome-passwordsafe' rename to 'secrets'
by Fabian Bornschein 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Hi! :) gnome-passwordsafe was renamed to "secrets" 2 years ago[0]. As per FS#80135[1] there is a open bug report. The secrets package is available in extra-testing[2] for a week, tested (install, upgrade from gnome-passwordsafe, uninstall + reinstall) and seems looks good to me to move. Since this is a new package the rules[3] require to post this on the mailing list and find 3 other maintainers that agree on it to move to extra (and of course to remove gnome-passwordsafe[4] and the AUR PKGBUILD[5] in the process). [0] https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/secrets/-/commit/65720af5023cc5a08e31076cfe0… [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/80135?project=1&string=secrets [2] https://archlinux.org/packages/extra-testing/any/secrets/ [3] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Package_Maintainer_guidelines#Rules_for_pa… [4] https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/gnome-passwordsafe/ [5] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/secrets -- Fabian Bornschein <fabiscafe(a)archlinux.org>

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Disowning my mingw packages
by Ivan Puntiy 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

1. For a few years now I no longer work with C++ as my primary language. 2. Due to a war in my region I no longer have access to my home computer with Arch installation. 3. There keeps coming action requests on them, that I can't currently act upon. Therefore I'm disowning my following AUR packages, and they are free for adoption by a willing individuals: * mingw-w64-wxmsw * mingw-w64-wxmsw3.1 * mingw-w64-libdxfrw Ivan.

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