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[aur-general] info files
by Jiyunatori 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hi there. jxy is asking me on AUR if I can include the info file of the emacs-org-mode package. however, an old version of org-mode is now shipped with emacs, thus installing some info files within /usr/share/info. Is there a policy to address this problem ? Should I overwrite the info files from emacs (bad idea I guess) Should I rename the info file ? Should I just avoid installing the file, as I'm doing now ? Jiyunatori

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[aur-general] Conflict, what should I do?
by Roberto Alsina 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hello, I package uniconvertor, and it has a conflict with another package called yudit. Basically, both try to create /usr/bin/uniconv and the uniconvs are completely different programs. What's the recommended procedure here? -- ("\''/").__..-''"`-. . Roberto Alsina `9_ 9 ) `-. ( ).`-._.`) KDE Developer (MFCH) (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._`. " -.-' http://lateral.netmanagers.com.ar _..`-'_..-_/ /-'_.' The 6,855th most popular site of Slovenia (l)-'' ((i).' ((!.' according to alexa.com (27/5/2007) Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. --Brian W. Kernighan

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[aur-general] Greetings - Ghost1227
by Ghost 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

My name is Dan Griffiths and I am a 26-year-old independent contractor in Delaware, US. I have been using one form of *NIX or another for most of my life, wandering through MINIX, RedHat, Mandrake, Slackware, Debian, Gentoo and even two home made distros before finally finding Arch about a year ago. I instantly fell in love with Arch and haven't looked back once. I am currently maintaining 32 packages in the AUR, including one of my own (co-written) scripts. I go by the name Ghost1227 on the bugtracker, AUR, Wiki and on IRC. Simply put, I'm eternally grateful for the work others have put into making this such an incredible distribution and would now like to give something back to that community. I understand that at the moment there has been a bit of an influx of new TUs and as such some of you may (understandable) want to wait a while before adding anyone new to the list. As such, I thought I should introduce myself and give you all a chance to get to know me and take a look at my work without needing an immediate response. Take your time to get comfortable with the new additions, and when you are ready (and I have found a sponsor), I will still be waiting. Thank you all for your indulgence in my little rant and I hope to see you all around the community! Dan Griffiths, aka Ghost1227 ____________________________________________________________ GET FREE 5GB EMAIL - Check out spam free email with many cool features! Visit http://www.inbox.com/email to find out more!

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[aur-general] Colin Pitrat is out of the office.
by Colin Pitrat 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

I will be out of the office starting 23/10/2008 and will not return until 28/10/2008. I will respond to your message when I return.

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Re: [aur-general] Drop madwifi-injection
by w9ya 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

I do use some of the older madwifi stuff. Um, can you be specific as to the EXACT *and* correct (full) names of the files you are talking about ? TIA Bob Finch On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Daenyth Blank <daenyth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:23, Daenyth Blank <daenyth%2Barch(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Sorry, I had gotten the package name wrong. If you search AUR for >> madwifi there are actually several. >> > > OK, I delete madwifi-aircrack and I posted a comment on the other two > patched madwifi drivers. When I get a reply or in one week I will > delete those as well. >

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[aur-general] Drop madwifi-injection
by Daenyth Blank 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

I wanted to get people's opinions before I acted on this. The madwifi-injection package is outdated, and from several reports, the core madwifi drivers now provide this. Is there any reason to keep the package on AUR, or should I just delete it?

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[aur-general] opencv orphaning request
by Артем Смирнов 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi, please orphan opencv and opencv-cvs which don't updated since 2006. I use this library now and can maintain this PKGBUILDs. Thanks. -- Artyom

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[aur-general] TU request
by Edward Tjörnhammar 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hello archers! I'm likely a new face to all of you but non the less applying for the role of TU. My name is Edward Tjörnhammar, is 26 and use Archlinux extensively both private and professionally. Two of the things which appeals me the most are that it never gets in your face and that the package system is pretty much crystal. I have been using GNU/Linux in some form, and no specific order, as Gentoo/Arch/Slax/Debian/Slackware since 2001. I studied CS at RIT (kth.se) in Stockholm where my specialization was(and is) in parallel and distributed systems. I work as a research engineer at the swedish defence research agency (foi.se) at information systems at the department of informatics. Before that I worked as a developer at a tactical dogfight simulator, which ran on IRIX machines. Programming and its facets is my main hobby and I, as such, have a working knowledge of many different languages/systems. I recently contributed a package 'inn' which I intend to continue working on. The package was added to [community] so I will continue with as inn-orig in AUR, user xhemi. If I were to become TU I believe that I can help to improve any number of packages in need of love but would continue with 'inn'. My sponsor is Sergej Pupykin. -- Edward Tjörnhammar

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[aur-general] Duplicate Package Names
by Jud 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Too many recent packages have been named the same as the "official package", this could easily get out of hand, what can be done about it? Discussion Points: - better education and parenting? - better message on AUR page? - code to detect package name and disallow/delete package? - hit uploader with big stick? - faster updates of "offical" Repo packages?

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[aur-general] TU Vote: foutrelis
by Daenyth Blank 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi everyone, This begins the 7 day voting period for the addition of foutrelis as a TU. Please don't forget to vote. The discussion thread can be found at: http://archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2008-October/008751.html You can vote using the web interface. Good luck! --Daenyth

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