March 2024 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

About the intentionally duplicated package wechat-beta-bwrap and wechat-universal and unmaintained orginal package wechat-uos
by Kimiblock Moe 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

Hello people, I'm Kimiblock, the maintainer of wechat-uos-bwrap, writing to request Package Maintainer's action to solve the intentionally duplicated package on AUR. WeChat is a closed-source software developed by Tencent which is used by almost all people in China. In March 5, people in #archlinux-cn discovered that there is a testing version available and shortly after, it became a installable package for China's UOS. I've packaged wechat-uos-bwrap in 2024-03-05 23:37 (CST). 2 days after in 2024-03-07 09:18 (CST), AUR account leaeasy submitted wechat-beta-bwrap. If you look at the initial commit <https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=wechat-beta-bwrap&id=76c45…> of wechat-beta-bwrap, it was almost completely copied from wechat-uos-bwrap (other than a different way to extract the .deb), even the .desktop file. The only major thing they changed is wechat.sh, which sanbox function is removed. But wechat-uos-bwrap can read a environment variable "trashAppUnsafe=1" and disable its sandbox function. So I filed a merge request (#PRQ57379) to merge wechat-beta-bwrap <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wechat-beta-bwrap/> into wechat-uos-bwrap <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wechat-uos-bwrap/>. After that, one of the wechat-beta-bwrap <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wechat-beta-bwrap/> maintainer 7Ji <https://aur.archlinux.org/account/7Ji> submitted a new package called wechat-universal-bwrap <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wechat-universal-bwrap>, which is also a duplicate package of wechat-uos-bwrap. So, I'm thinking to merge all that duplicate packages and my wechat-uos-bwrap <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wechat-uos-bwrap/> into wechat-uos. Sadly, the original Maintainer DuckSoft disappeared (the last message he sent in #archlinux-cn is over 3 years ago). Therefore, I'm requesting Package Maintainers to merge wechat-beta-bwrap <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wechat-beta-bwrap/> and wechat-universal-bwrap <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wechat-universal-bwrap> and give Maintainer role to previous wechat-uos maintainer, sukanka <https://aur.archlinux.org/account/sukanka> so that this package can be updated. I'll merge wechat-uos-bwrap <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wechat-uos-bwrap/> into wechat-uos once sukanka finish updating this package and add the sandbox function. I've contacted sukanka via Matrix and he/she is willing to maintain this package. -- Sincerely, Kimiblock

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Package Maintainer Application - Carl Smedstad
by Carl Smedstad 25 Mar '24

25 Mar '24

Hi everyone, My name is Carl, or carsme on AUR/IRC, and this is my application to become a Package Maintainer. I started my Linux journey in 2016, while studying engineering mathematics at Chalmers University here in Gothenburg, Sweden. At the time, I was struggling with motivation and direction in my studies, but things took a positive turn when my friend group introduced me to Linux. I started out on Ubuntu but quickly transitioned to Arch Linux as there was a strong "btw, I use arch" atmosphere in our group :) With this new discovery, technology suddenly started making sense and became understandable. I had tinkered with computers since I was a child, but this was the first time I felt that anything was doable, given some time and dedication. As such, tinkering with my system became my new favorite pastime. Shortly after this formative moment, I got a part-time job as a developer, which eventually became full-time and made me drop out of university. This put me on a path which I'm very happy to be on, and which led me to today, where I'm leading a team developing route optimization solutions for commercial aviation. I still tinker a lot, but now with a broader scope that includes the processes, technologies and tools me and my team use in our daily work. Arch Linux has been my daily driver for around eight years now, and I have since 2021 tried to get more involved in the project, mainly by maintaining packages in the AUR. This has been a learning experience and I've tried to continuously improve my process and my packages. Examples include: fixing namcap warnings, migrating to standards based Python packaging (PEP 517), migrating to SPDX license identifiers, and most recently, using nvchecker to check for new versions. Outside of tech, I really enjoy traveling and try to do so as often as possible. Specifically, hiking through new landscapes and sampling local cuisine. Most recent trips were to the Bavarian Alps and to Sardinia in Italy, both of which were fantastic experiences (with great food!). For reference, PKGBUILDs for all packages I maintain in the AUR are available here: https://github.com/carlsmedstad/aurpkgs I've also published some helper scripts I use: https://github.com/carlsmedstad/aurutils-extra For my other OSS-contributions, primarily bug reports and minor patches, my GitHub profile is most likely the best place to get an overview. As package maintainer, I intend to initially bring the following packages (+deps) into [extra], provided no one has any objections: * espanso * opentofu * powershell * protonmail-bridge * rdiff-backup * watchman Regarding (co-)maintenance of what's already in [extra], I'd like to adopt some of the currently orphaned Python and Ruby packages, for example: * python-joblib * python-oscrypto * ruby-treetop Additionally, I did a quick search for packages with only one maintainer among those I regularly use, and ended up with the following candidates for potential co-maintainership: * aerc * handlr * istio * python-black * sqlfluff Hopefully that gives a good picture of who I am and where I'd like to start my journey as a package maintainer, if accepted. My sponsors are Levente Polyak (anthraxx) and Christian Heusel (gromit) and I'm very thankful for their feedback and encouragement so far. Thank you for taking the time to read this, cheers! -- Sincerely, Carl Smedstad PGP: 888285CF6ED6758F

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Re: Spring cleanup '24
by gromit 20 Mar '24

20 Mar '24

On 24/03/11 09:09PM, gromit wrote: > On 24/03/02 12:48PM, gromit wrote: > > I will start dropping packages on 2024-03-17, so please try to have a > > look at the lists in the next few days. > > Reminder: There is one week left until unneeded orphan packages will be > dropped to the AUR. Please have a look at the list again to see if other > people orphaned stuff that may be intersting for you. Hello everyone, I have dropped the unneded orphans as announced earlier. For any interested package maintainers on the AUR (hence the cc to the aur-general list): The packages are now available in the AUR and ready to be adopted, some already have found maintainers :) See the full list below. Cheers, gromit -- ams-lv2 archey3 autocutsel beatslash-lv2 blockdiag cadence deheader deteriorate-lv2 dmg2img eid-mw entityx faudio fluid foxdot fst gambit-c ganv gdlmm gnome-icon-theme-extras gnome-shell-extension-gtile gnubg gnucobol gnupg-pkcs11-scd gob2 gpa gqrx gv hashdeep helm-synth howl htmlhint ibus-m17n ibus-pinyin icecast ir.lv2 junit-system-rules latex2rtf libident liri-calculator liri-cmake-shared liri-files liri-terminal liri-text livewallpaper lockdev lvtk marsyas mdns-scan meterbridge midimsg-lv2 neovim-lsp_signature neovim-nvim-treesitter ninjas2 non-daw non-sequencer notify-sharp-3 osmid pan patchage pc-ble-driver perl-date-simple polyclipping python-apptools python-autodocsumm python-behave python-cx-freeze python-etesync python-git-url-parse python-ipy python-jinja-time python-kaptan python-langdetect python-matrix-nio python-nrfutil python-pc-ble-driver-py python-pdm-pep517 python-piccata python-poyo python-publicsuffix python-pyspinel python-pythonfinder python-schedutils python-tree-format python-webtest-aiohttp python-whichcraft python-yapsy qt5-gsettings razercfg ruby-treetop seqdiag slimit solfege sonic-pi sparkleshare tap-plugins tpacpi-bat ttf-proggy-clean vim-align vim-coverage-highlight vim-editorconfig vim-pastie vocal wake webkit2-sharp weechat-matrix zsh-theme-powerlevel10k

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attack on octopi and derived chain
by Mat Moul 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

Hi, It seem I am attacked by xiota on my AUR octopi packages. We had an exchange for over 3 hours before it ended abruptly. I think I am within my rights and ask you to look at the situation. Comment on https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/octopi This xiota attacks all my octopi packages. What can I do ? Greetings MatMoul

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Re: (suspension of Pellegrino Prevete) - was: removal of yuzu from the official repos
by Muflone 18 Mar '24

18 Mar '24

Il 17/03/24 19:10, Pellegrino Prevete ha scritto: >> Sending again as Gmail SPF policy denied my previous message >> >> > -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> >> tallero [1] added the following comment to libisl25-static [2]: >> >> >> >> If Marcello Meszaros were a good maintainer >> >> he wouldn't need me to tell him each time for what packages >> >> my static depends are written for and he would go >> >> check himself. >> >> >> >> Actually he's capable of going check and lie, as with Banshee. >> >> >> >> As usual, I urge people to either make him stop making me lose so much >> >> time after his useless deletion requests. >> >> >> >> Many packages can't currently bu upgraded becausu Muflone disabled >> >> my mobile account. >> >> >> >> The attacks I've received from these two individuals are shameful >> >> to say the least and I'm starting to think they should >> >> be asked to go away. >> >> >> >> [1]https://aur.archlinux.org/account/tallero/ >> >> [2]https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/libisl25-static/ >> >> @tallero / @trucolo / Pellegrino Prevete your first account was >> suspended for disrespecting the AUR rules and decisions. >> >> Before suspending your trucolo account I asked you to read the Arch >> Linux code of conduct but unfortunately it seems you have not any >> intention to respect any rules. >> >> Therefore I'm going to delete this your latest comment and give you >> the final warning before banning you definitively from the AUR, in >> all of your accounts. >> >> Regards > > I can't see how suspending my mobile account can help me maintain my > packages and do my work and not being detrimental to everybody. > I see actions being taken irresponsably by people on high scranes. > I consider this whole behaviour completely unacceptable: "if you want > to refer to what i could have meant, please go check pag.4369 of third > edition of the Zibaldone." > Your packages maintenance is not a concern. Your first account was suspended because you direspect the rules and you still continue to disrespect the code of conduct [1] I linked you before by writing ad-personam messages attacking MarsSeed and writing others offensive comments and git commit messages. Unfortunately the suspension has not stopped you in acting in a bad way and therefore I gave you a last warning. If you'll continue to write offensive messages in AUR your accounts will be permanently banned. It's up to you to change this behavior or to stop it immediately as it's not tolerated [1] https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/code-of-conduct/ -- Muflone

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Question about aur package existing in git, but not visible in aur
by Julien Virey 16 Mar '24

16 Mar '24

Hi, The package toggl-cli is not visible in https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?O=0&K=toggl-cli. But it still exists in ssh://aur.archlinux.org/toggl-cli.git The package has not been updated since 2016. commit dd7340e8804776df85fe1eb82a79384e7f1349fb (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) Date: Mon Feb 22 06:00:17 2016 -0300 I was about to release a new package for this pkgbase ( https://github.com/watercooler-labs/toggl-cli). Can I request a deletion / reset of ssh://aur.archlinux.org/toggl-cli.git to use this pkgbase ? Salutations, Julien

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How do I get an unpopular package that's needed by an existing package to extra?
by Lime In a Jacket (Aaron Liu) 13 Mar '24

13 Mar '24

Ey, A while ago I made the AUR package perl-acme-cow, which is needed for some cowfiles bundled with cowsay. Is there a process for dependencies to enter extra? I understand that it's not popular and doesn't meet the requirement, but without it, attempting to use certain bundled cowfiles results in an error. Cheers, Aᴀʀᴏɴ

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Migration of p7-tools to cahute
by Eldeberen 11 Mar '24

11 Mar '24

Hi everyone, I currently maintain some packages on the AUR, related to Casio calculators. In particular we'll focus on p7/libp7/p7screen which are dedicated to communication protocols. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/p7 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libp7 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/p7screen Recently the developer (Cakeisalie5) rewrote these utilities and replaced them by a single package, Cahute. https://cahuteproject.org/ I made a new package for this, which is not yet on the AUR but can be found on my personnal forge: https://git.middleearth.fr/Packages/cahute So I have some questions for you ^^ - How do I manage the decommissioning of the old tools? - I understand I'm not allowed to use the 'replaces' directive on the PKGBUILD as it is not an official package, I am right? - Should I add some warnings on existing p7/libp7/p7screen packages warning that they are no more maintained? - On the cahute package, does the .install looks good? - More generally I'll take any advise that help me to comply with the AUR guidelines :) Thanks for your help, Eldeberen

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removal of yuzu from the official repos
by james smith 05 Mar '24

05 Mar '24

as most of you have heard the yuzu has been shutdown by nintendo[1] and the github page removed[2] therefore the package needs to be considered for removal from the official repos as there will be no more updates and the package links to the github will be broken in a matter of time [1] https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.56980/gov.uscourts… [2]https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu

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Re: Upgrade failure
by Abraham S.A.H. 04 Mar '24

04 Mar '24

> Odd, I've been accessing it in China over a VPN for many years. Do you have issues with any other website, and what happens when you replace "www" with "old"? The "old" one opens perfectly. I completely forgot that version of Reddit. But not with "www". No I do not have this problem with other websites. -- Best Regards, Abraham Sent with Tutanota; https://tuta.com

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