[aur-general] Bash scripts in tarball
Hello, You are not allowed to include binaries and the source of packages in tarballs uploaded to the AUR, this also includes bash scripts of only a few KBs, no? -- Kindest Regards, Johannes Löthberg
Johannes Löthberg wrote:
Hello,
You are not allowed to include binaries and the source of packages in tarballs uploaded to the AUR, this also includes bash scripts of only a few KBs, no?
Hi, In principle, the tarball should only contain a PKGBUILD and maybe a Pacman install file. In practice some additional files are overlooked such as .desktop files and very short launcher scripts, but even those are frowned upon. Users are encourage to submit additional files upstream. When upstream is unresponsive or hostile we recommend finding other online hosting. Regards, Xyne
On 12/09/2012 08:09 AM, Xyne wrote:
Johannes Löthberg wrote:
Hello,
You are not allowed to include binaries and the source of packages in tarballs uploaded to the AUR, this also includes bash scripts of only a few KBs, no?
Hi,
In principle, the tarball should only contain a PKGBUILD and maybe a Pacman install file. In practice some additional files are overlooked such as .desktop files and very short launcher scripts, but even those are frowned upon. Users are encourage to submit additional files upstream. When upstream is unresponsive or hostile we recommend finding other online hosting.
Regards, Xyne
Hello, Thank you, I just wanted to get something black-on-white to point the maintainer of https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/popular-packages/ to. He was requested by an TU to not bundle the source in the tarball a month ago and I told him again yesterday that you're not allowed to, and his response was that it wasn't written anywhere that it wasn't allowed and he "reminded me that I'm not a TU" -- Kindest Regards, Johannes "Kyrias" Löthberg Key ID: D84845F1 595C 8E08 DAE1 4A56 492C F750 BE76 C444 D848 45F1
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Johannes Löthberg <kyrias@archlinux.info> wrote:
[...] Hello,
Thank you, I just wanted to get something black-on-white to point the maintainer of https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/popular-packages/ to.
He was requested by an TU to not bundle the source in the tarball a month ago and I told him again yesterday that you're not allowed to, and his response was that it wasn't written anywhere that it wasn't allowed and he "reminded me that I'm not a TU"
In that case you're really making much noise out of nothing really useful. The user we're talking about here may be too arch-focused to consider alternative hosting and/or may not be interested or confident in learning how to use a vcs. I'd say let him learn at his pace and think about how you might support with a bit more constructive critism, like suggesting a free vcs hoster like github or bitbucket. Your argument, where what the user did is "against the AUR guidelines" is wrong in a sense that something which is frowned upon is not against the rules. cheers! mar77i
Hi, I posted an alternative PKGBUILD where the script is hosted elsewhere in the comments for the package. Hopefully this should resolve the issue. And yes, packages in AUR doesn't _have to_ follow the guidelines, but if they don't, they can be deleted at any time. Here it's up to us to use good judgement to find the sweet spot on the scale from "fascistic deletion" to "hippie leniency". -- Sincerely, Alexander Rødseth xyproto / TU
Ok, I tried diplomacy and compromise, but it didn't solve anything. May someone with access to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Packaging_Standards please add a little note that it's not okay to include the application itself in the source package, unless it is needed to build or package the application in question? -- Sincerely, Alexander Rødseth xyproto / TU
participants (4)
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Alexander Rødseth
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Johannes Löthberg
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Martti Kühne
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Xyne