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[aur-general] Rename Request for python-spotipy, python-spotipy-git and python2-spotipy
by Mario Ortiz 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

First of all: this is one of my first contributions to a mailing list so if I did something incorrectly, please let me know. I sent this to aur-requests but was told to post here instead. A rename is being discussed for the spotipy package, since the original one hasn't been updated since 2017 and its maintainer is inactive. Here's the new API's GitHub issue where this is being discussed https://github.com/felix-hilden/spotipy/issues/22. The package is going to be renamed on PyPi and Read The Docs, with depreciation warnings and enough time for the current users to update it. But the old version shouldn't be removed in case someone still wants to use it. The same thing applies to the AUR packages. Currently these are python-spotipy, python-spotipy-git and python2-spotipy. The maintainers of these projects should either update it to the new API once it's ready and create the old API packages, or rename them and create a new package with the new API. And by maintainers I also mean myself. I can help by maintaining these packages if necessary. Also, please note that this new API isn't available for Python2 so python2-spotipy would only have to be renamed. I'd appreciate suggestions on this change and how it could be done. Thanks

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[aur-general] Spam account
by Rafael Fontenelle 22 Oct '19

22 Oct '19

DanielWilliams [1] seems to be a spam account, and sent one to trizen [2] comments. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/DanielWilliams [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/trizen/

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Re: [aur-general] TU removal: Ray Rashif
by Giancarlo Razzolini 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Em outubro 20, 2019 14:19 Ray Rashif via aur-general escreveu: > Sorry folks, I should have probably sent in a resignation for this. I > have also made unfulfilled promises as a developer and never sent in > an inactivity declaration in the hopes of getting back to Arch/Linux > once I have a new computer. As funny as it sounds my undeclared > inactivity is as long as this current machine ~3-4 years and a > purchase has been pending since last year but keeps getting > down-prioritized due to $$ requirements elsewhere in RL. > Hi Ray, Sorry to hear that. Can you also clarify your status as a developer? It is not clear from this email what is it. Regards, Giancarlo Razzolini

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[aur-general] SPAM user account
by John 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Please see the latest comment in the following package which I believe to be made by a SPAM user. Any chance to delete the comment too? Thanks. https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/distccd-alarm/

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[aur-general] TU removal: Ray Rashif
by David Runge 20 Oct '19

20 Oct '19

Hi all, I would like to start the discussion period for a Trusted User removal of Ray 'schiv' Rashif on the grounds of 'Special Removal of an Inactive TU' [1]. Note, that this is separate from any motion in regards to Ray's developer status. Currently Ray is the maintainer of 60 packages in [community] and [extra], of which none are actively maintained by him (for years). Ray's last action as a community member (in archweb) has been on '2019-03-12 12:50'. The account 'schivmeister' doesn't maintain any packages in the AUR and the last login in aurweb was on '2019-03-12'. However, the last counted Trusted User vote is number 117 (current vote: 118). The voting procedure will commence after seven days of discussion period, in which Ray can state his case. Bests, David [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/trusted-user/TUbylaws.html#_special_removal_of_an… -- https://sleepmap.de

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[aur-general] TU resignation - Lukas Jirkovsky (stativ)
by Lukas Jirkovsky 14 Oct '19

14 Oct '19

Hello everyone, after much time I've finally came to admit to myself that I can no longer fulfill my duties as a trusted user the way Arch Linux deserves. While I still manage to update the packages I actively use, such as rawtherapee, I can no longer keep up with other packages and updates often come late. I've given up on other duties such as keeping AUR clean already. I'm very sorry for that, but time has come for me to pack. Arch Linux community is one of the best communities out there and it was a great pleasure to be part of the team. I still love Arch Linux very much and it's surely going to be my distro of choice for time to come. Lot of you were very helpful with keeping the more complicated packages up to date already. A stellar example is intellij-idea-community-edition, which is now thanks to Maxime built from sources. The packages left that I'm still listed as a sole maintainer doesn't get updates too often and are fairly trivial to update. Though I guess some of them can be safely dropped without anyone noticing (I'm looking at you, gimp plugin packages). So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Lukas

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[aur-general] TU application: kpcyrd
by kpcyrd 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Hello, My name is kpcyrd and I'm applying to become a Trusted User with anthraxx', sangys and jelles sponsorship. I'm interested in rust, defensive programming and offensive security tooling. Open source became an essential part of my life at some point and the idea of contributing back to the community that gave me so much for free kept me going the last few years. I worked as both a software and IT security engineer in the past and I currently do a combination of both as a contractor. --- # How I started using linux - Started with linux by trying to remaster knoppix in 2010 for a while - Wiped my laptop in 2011 and installed debian with no way of return since it was my only computer at that time - First successful Arch Linux install I did was by helping a friend in 2013 - Eventually migrated to Arch Linux myself in 2015 due to anthraxx - I currently run a combination of Arch Linux, debian and openbsd at home and on servers # How I contributed to the opensource community in the past (somewhat chronological) - Too many pull requests (stopped counting a long time ago) - Assisted debian-security with some issues (redis, mongodb and xul-ext-wot) - Wrote some PKGBUILDs that got moved into community - Revived http://tests.reproducible-builds.org/archlinux/ - Packaged software for alpine, brew and openbsd - Packaged about 1/3 of the rust packages in debian - Co-authored the current reproducible builds rebuilder prototype with NYU - Recently became a debian maintainer (while running Arch Linux) # AUR packages I maintain a few packages in the AUR, the most relevant that I would like to maintain in community at some point are: - diesel_cli - cargo-tree - cargo-fuzz - cargo-crev - python-fints - python-mt-940 - python-sepaxml I'm also interested in co-maintaining reprotest and some of the packages anthraxx currently maintains for me. # Community packages I wrote or contributed to - cjdns - go-ipfs - alacritty - reprotest - sniffglue - badtouch - rshijack - sn0int # Upstream for the following packages in Arch Linux - sniffglue - badtouch - rshijack - sn0int --- Thanks for taking the time reading this, kpcyrd

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[aur-general] Package Rename Requests (2) - waterfox-git and waterfox-alpha-git
by Matt Parnell 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

I request that my git PKGBUILDs for Waterfox be renamed thusly to reflect the current release naming scheme that Waterfox is now using: waterfox-git -> waterfox-classic-git waterfox-alpha-git -> waterfox-current-git Thank you!

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[aur-general] Why was nerd-fonts-roboto-mono deleted?
by Alexander Fasching 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Hi, jleclanche deleted the nerd-fonts-roboto-mono package in the AUR after uploading ttf-roboto-mono to the community repository. What was the reason? The two packages provide different fonts. Regards, Alexander

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[aur-general] Spam comments
by fg-devel+archmail＠mailbox.org 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Hi, there are some spam messages in the comments section of AUR package akira-git: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/akira-git#comment-704048 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/akira-git#comment-703169 Greetings, Felix

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