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[aur-general] Yet another spammer
by Edvinas Valatka 19 Jun '19

19 Jun '19

https://aur.archlinux.org/account/jocker12/comments

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[aur-general] ttf-google-webfonts{,-distilled,-git,-hg} mess
by Jason St. John 19 Jun '19

19 Jun '19

I am the current maintainer of the AUR package ttf-google-webfonts-hg[4], and I'm bothered by the mess of various packages there are for Google's Web Fonts project. It's not at all KISS in its current state. There are currently four different AUR packages[1][2][3][4] that essentially supply the same files, and all four packages conflict with each other. Around August of 2012, the package named ttf-google-webfonts[1] was orphaned, and user w0ng created a GitHub repository[5] that mirrors the Mercurial repository[6] on Google Code (why?). Then, the new maintainer changed the original ttf-google-webfonts package from a VCS-type package that simply lacked "-hg" in the name to a package that pulls tarballs from w0ng's GitHub repo[5]. As you can see in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums. To get around these issues, user epinephrine created the package ttf-google-webfonts-git[3] that clones w0ng's GitHub repo[5] instead of pulling tarballs from it, which significantly reduces the maintenance required on the package. Then, user Gently created a package named ttf-google-webfonts-distilled[2] that pulls a tarball from w0ng's GitHub repo[5] and only installs a small subset of the fonts therein. Shortly after ttf-google-webfonts[1] was changed from being a Mercurial-based package and not liking the direction that the package was taking, I reuploaded the original ttf-google-webfonts package as ttf-google-webfonts-hg[4] for people that simply wanted the old package back that uses the actual Google Web Fonts repository to download the files. To clean up this mess, I propose that ttf-google-webfonts-distilled[2] and ttf-google-webfonts-git[3] be deleted outright, for what should be obvious reasons. I also propose that ttf-google-webfonts[1] be deleted because of how frequently the Web Fonts project is updated and because the project lacks version numbers. If people really feel strongly about keeping that maintenance nightmare, then let them have it, but I really don't see what advantage it provides over the original ttf-google-webfonts-hg[4] other than one less makedepends. I apologize for the huge email, but this situation really is a mess. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-google-webfonts/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-google-webfonts-distilled/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-google-webfonts-git/ [4] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-google-webfonts-hg/ [5] https://github.com/w0ng/googlefontdirectory [6] https://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/ Jason

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[aur-general] Another spammer
by Edvinas Valatka 18 Jun '19

18 Jun '19

https://aur.archlinux.org/account/rosaleefay

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[aur-general] Another spam account in AUR
by stefan-husmann＠t-online.de 17 Jun '19

17 Jun '19

Hello, are UN ambassadors and hollywood actresses using Arch and comment on AUR? Maybe they do, but this one only spams: https://aur.archlinux.org/account/angelina Please delete and ban. Best Regards Stefan

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[aur-general] Spam account
by stefan-husmann＠t-online.de 16 Jun '19

16 Jun '19

Hello, this account is spamming the AUR with stupid unrelated online game invotations. https://aur.archlinux.org/account/sunny007 ssvv17997(a)gmail.com Please consider deletion and ban Best Regards Stefan

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[aur-general] Account
by Gonçalo Pereira 13 Jun '19

13 Jun '19

Hi, I was wondering if I could get my account unsuspended :) Best Regards, Gonçalo Pereira (G-Pereira)

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[aur-general] Spam user: david34
by Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz 13 Jun '19

13 Jun '19

User david34 posted spam on easyloggingpp package and others. Pretty sure it's a spam account. - Joe

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[aur-general] Spam accounts/comments
by Kr1ss 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Hello, I just noticed some spam comments on the `ariang-allinone` AUR web page, both of which are from quite recent accounts w/o any submitted packages or reasonable comments. Could one of the TU's please have a look at : - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ariang-allinone/#comment-693956 - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ariang-allinone/#comment-688757 Thank you ! Cheers, Kr1ss -- PGP: 7A19 4E3F 7A8F 867B EA8A 5339 023F 0788 62AC FE50 http://sks-keyservers.net/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x62ACFE50 http://sks-keyservers.net/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x023F078862ACFE50

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[aur-general] Spam account: pinalshah
by Rafael Fontenelle 27 May '19

27 May '19

Hello, pinalshah [1] sent spam to skypeforlinux-stable-bin [2] comments. Can someone please nuke this account? Thanks in advance. Rafael [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/pinalshah/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/skypeforlinux-stable-bin/

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[aur-general] SPAM in AUR comment
by rho eat 27 May '19

27 May '19

Hello, I have been receiving spam comment in my aur package <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/2048-puzzle-bash-git> few month now, which is increasing, and now "Submiting Request" for Deletion, I came here reading post <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=240487> in arch wiki. Regards rhoit

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