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About the edit package at AUR
by Óscar García Amor 22 May '25

22 May '25

Hello folks, I have recently packaged the Microsoft edit[1] in the AUR[2] and it seems to have opened a debate on whether the name is correct or not (in fact the package already has two requests, one for deletion and the other for merging). IMHO the correct package is the one I uploaded as it does not collide with anything (the name `edit` was not being used in any package) and is obviously the closest to upstream (which I have always understood to be the philosophy of Arch Linux). But in any case I would like to know your opinion. Am I wrong, should it be called `ms-edit` or `microsoft-edit`? And if so, is it also logical to rename the executable to `ms-edit` or `msedit`? I read you, best regards. [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/edit [2]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/edit -- Óscar García Amor | ogarcia at moire.org | http://ogarcia.me

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tlauncher no longer on the AUR
by Marcel 19 May '25

19 May '25

I see that tlauncher got removed. Is it because it was orphaned/abandoned or for its spyware side?

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PKGBUILD review python application wtfis
by aur＠nullvoid.me 19 May '25

19 May '25

Hi, Could someone review https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wtfis This is my first time packaging a python tool from PyPI My understanding since it's not a library python-wtfis would be an incorrect naming convention. I used a tool to generate the first PKGBUILD then added dependencies. I assume lots of other things are missing to make this meet proper AUR standards. Thanks in advance,

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Temporarily suspend matthewq337 user
by Michał 02 May '25

02 May '25

Hello, I've seen this user squats many packages dropped which are either dropped to AUR or abandoned, and then adds other people who are actually interested in said packages to co-maintainers. I've had this happen to me with 3 packages, which are also mentioned in examples list below. In the past few months I have seen this user push various nonsense commits to many packages. Some examples are: ruby-rails (and dependencies) where only pkgver was bumped, without testing any build. This resulted in build failures for simple reasons such as missing files: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=ruby-actionview&id=a98abc6… https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ruby-actionview#comment-1019144 pyload-ng, pushing changes without pulling first and other nonsense "updated" commits without testing also visible in git log https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=pyload-ng&id=c91cc2cb90daa… librewolf-hg, package "fixed" which resulted in pkgbuild being unusable https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/librewolf-hg#comment-981229 python-dukpy, changing license file name from right to wrong which prevented install: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=python-dukpy&id=2ddc02e9fa… https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=python-dukpy&id=9d7aab0205… python-glfw, bumping pkgver, but this did not actually result in new version being built: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=python-glfw#n13 These examples are not from malice or anything, but from not testing changes and incompetence. "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone", but I think that such over such long period of time (~6 months at least) mistakes in packaging without seemingly any improvement show that matthewq337 doesn't care about state of packages. I am therefore calling for moderator action, to prevent this from happening so that Matthew can reflect. Kind regards, micwoj92

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Package Maintainer Application: George Hu
by Integral 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Hello everyone, My name is George, or Integral/Integral-Tech on AUR and other places. I am writing this email to apply as an Arch Linux package maintainer as I have been sponsored by Felix Yan and Robin Candau. I started my Linux journey with Ubuntu when I was in high school. In my freshman year, I caught myself drawn to GNU/Linux, specifically Manjaro and Arch Linux. After referring to relevant documents and tutorials, I replaced Windows with Manjaro thoroughly. Although I initially felt out of my comfort zone, I grew more comfortable as I navigated this new platform. Eventually, I switched to Arch Linux in 2022. For a Linux neophyte, installing Arch Linux proved challenging, therefore it took me a couple of days to accomplish with assistance from Arch Wiki and other tutorials. My exploration of the system further led me to AUR, a highlight of Arch Linux that deeply intrigued me. Under the guidance of Arch Wiki and enthusiastic Arch Linux users, I looked up how to write PKGBUILDs and publish them on the AUR. During this time, archlinuxcn, an unofficial binary package repository maintained by the Chinese Arch Linux community, piqued my curiosity. Motivated by an overwhelming desire to become an archlinuxcn maintainer, I submitted my application accordingly. As of now, my primary duties in the archlinuxcn community include creating/maintaining Arch Linux packages and translating Arch Wiki articles: - https://github.com/archlinuxcn/repo/commits/master/?author=Integral-Tech Here are some AUR packages I maintain: - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qefientrymanager - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qefientrymanager-git - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-apfs-rw-dkms - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/caligula-git - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/clapgrep - https://aur.archlinux.org/tunet-rust - https://aur.archlinux.org/tunet-rust-git Furthermore, I have submitted several merge requests on Arch Linux GitLab, including but not limited to protonmail-bridge, linux and pacman. Here are some of my merge requests on Arch Linux GitLab: - https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/linux/-/ merge_requests/5 - https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/dart/-/ merge_requests/10 - https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/crystal/-/ merge_requests/2 - https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/protonmail-bridge… merge_requests/1 - https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/merge_requests/239 Apart from Arch Linux, I contribute to a wide spectrum of free and open- source projects in my free time, including but not limited to KDE, bcachefs-tools and yazi (a fast terminal file manager written in Rust). You can refer to my contributions on the following links: - GitHub (http://github.com/Integral-Tech) - KDE Invent (http://invent.kde.org/integral) - linux-bcachefs mailing list (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bcachefs) As a dedicated free software supporter, I joined FSF as a student associate member in Feb 2023. Moreover, I am sponsoring various FOSS developers and nonprofit organizations on a regular basis: - https://github.com/Integral-Tech?tab=sponsoring If my application is approved, I would like to add these packages into [extra]: - clapgrep - cpr - ctre - dissent - flyctl Additionally, I am also willing to co-maintain the following packages: - yazi - bcachefs-tools Thanks for reading my application! Sincerely, George Hu (Integral)

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Replacing bin package by source package
by Jan Kohnert 21 Apr '25

21 Apr '25

Hi, I recently adopted the helmify-bin package and pushed the new version to aur. But since it is a bin package, I decided to prepare a PKGBUILD the uses build-from- source along the go packageing guidelines. I'm indenting to push this new ebuild and orphan the bin-package once this is done. Before pushing it: I'm wondering whether i sould set "replaces=("helmify-bin")" or "conflicts=("helmify-bin")" in the new PKGBUILD when I'm trying to say "dear users, blease use this new package instead of the bin package". Any thoughts? Thanks in advance! -- MfG Jan

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Could someone please fix DL link oki-c321-c331-c531
by JPT 04 Apr '25

04 Apr '25

Hi, could someone please fix https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/oki-c321-c331-c531 the download link of the binary blob changed from http://www.oki.com/uk/printing/download/C531_C331_C321_Linux_110_31034.zip to https://www.oki.com/printing/download/C531_C331_C321_Linux_110_31034.zip so, just the "UK" removed. thank you very much JPT ps. the maintainer seems active (on other packages) but did not react to my comment two weeks ago.

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Removal of farseerfc as Package Maintainer due to inactivity
by gromit 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

Hi all, I'd like to start a ["Special Removal of an Inactive Package Maintainer"][0] for farseerfc based on prolonged inactivity. farseerfc has not executed any of the expected packaging or AUR maintenance duties for more than a year now. When I recently contacted all people who were inactive for a longer period of time I heard back from him saying that [he wanted to get back to things][1] and but would need a few weeks. This conversation has now happened 5 months ago and nothing has changed since. - I couldn't find any packaging activity for him in the state repo since Apr 29 08:01:12 2023 - He did not do any AUR Moderation since 2022 Given these circumstances I'm requesting Jiachen to be removed as a Package Maintainer. If at some later point he has the time / resources to help out again he is of course welcome to join the project again! The discussion period for this proposal will last for three days, after which there will be a voting period of five days as outlined in the bylaws. Cheers, gromit [0]: https://package-maintainer-bylaws.aur.archlinux.org/#_special_removal_of_an… [1]: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/ttf-opensans/-/is…

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Replacing package with a superset split package?
by Sam Mulvey 14 Mar '25

14 Mar '25

Hello all! I (try to) maintain the Xen stuff in AUR. As background: There are multiple ways to boot a VM inside of Xen. For full hardware emulation, I can use SeaBIOS or edk2-ovmf as appropriate. For paravirtualization there is the newer PVH method, and the older PV method. Both are supported methods. If I want to boot a kernel installed inside the VM using those methods I need a specifically compiled copy of grub for that method. I use PVH almost exclusively, and I have a package in AUR called xen-pvhgrub. Previously, someone else was maintaining a PV grub but that seems to be gone. What I am asking: I would like to replace xen-pvhgrub with a split package called xen-grub which then creates: - xen-grub-pvh: for booting PVH - xen-grub-pv32: for booting 32bit PV - xen-grub-pv64: for booting 64bit PV What is the best method for accomplishing this? Thanks! -Sam

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Package Maintainer Application: Dan Johansen
by Dan "Strit" Johansen 09 Mar '25

09 Mar '25

# Package Maintainer Application Hi everyone My name is Dan Johansen, but known around the interwebs, Matrix and AUR as Strit, and I am sending in my application to become an Arch Linux Package Maintainer. Morten Linderud (Foxboron) and Carl Smedstad (carsme) have kindly agreed to be my sponsors in this adventure. I’m a family man, with a wife and 2 kids, we are from Denmark and currently living in the southern region. My first run-in with Linux was just over 20 years ago at school where I was tasked to setup a firewall using Red Hat. Then I had a break for about 10 years and came back in around 2013, where I started on Ubuntu, then switched to Manjaro in 2015-2016, where I became part of the dev team and a package maintainer of the ARM branch of the distribution and started maintaining some AUR packages. In 2021 I then switched to regular Arch and have been enjoying my time ever since. My PKGBUILDs in the AUR are not perfect, so I am still learning standards and best practices. But I’ve been eager to contribute to Arch any way I can. I tend to help open source projects with bug reports, support assistance and translations where ever I can. In my personal life, I work for a cloud company that specializes in Microsoft software, but I am full Linux nerd at home. Even my home server is running Arch. I was invited to join the community dinner at FOSDEM 2024 where I met some of the team members. I’m not very forward and a bit shy when I am around other people, but I believe I am a kind and helpful person. I’m a huge movie fan[1], I play TTRPGs like D&D, World of Darkness and other small games. In the recent couple of years I’ve also been out “viking-camping”[2], which is a nice break from technology and notifications. Here is a list of all my current AUR packages [3]. As package maintainer I would like to include and maintain the following packages: • `python-tmdbsimple` (a python package to access the TMDB api) • `gpu-viewer` (a python application to view GPU information) • `greetd-qtgreet` (a qt based greeter for greetd) • `dfl-*` (a set of libraries written in qt for use in building desktop environments) As time goes on and I get more experience I would like to also include: • `CoreApps` (a lightweight qt based application suite) • `watchmate` (companion app for PineTime watch) • `wayfire` and some AUR packages that depend on it I would also like to co-maintain: • `griffith` (as I am responsible for the source of that application at this time) I have also found the following orphaned packages in the repository that I would be able to maintain: • `aspell-da` • `reflector` • `stress` • `vcdimager` (if needed) • `xdhg-desktop-portal-xapp` (maybe) In Manjaro I was packaging some Qt and Electron based apps, so I would like to help in that realm as well. I hope this application is worth consideration and that I have described who I am to a satisfactory degree, if not you are always welcome to ask. GPG Public key: `084A 7FC0 035B 1D49` Links: [1]: https://movies.strits.dk [2]: https://blog.strits.dk/2023-viking-season-highlights/ [3]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?O=0&SeB=m&K=Strit&outdated=&SB=p&SO=d&PP…

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