On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM, nathan owe. wrote:

Allan McRae wrote:

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nathan owe. wrote:

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i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been looking at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and put in /usr/share/pacman/

There is none that I know of.   Most java packages just dump all their files in /usr/share/java/${pkgname}/ and add a launcher script to /usr/bin.

Allan

k thx. i guess i can figure it out. another question. how long normally does it take to be a TU. my main goal is just contributing to arch but being a TU would be nice one day

It really depends. Make sure you learn most he packaging tricks and contribute to AUR. Once you are confident you know most tricks in the book and you think we are also confident you did, get in contact with one of the current TUs and ask them to sponsor you. Alternatively you may ask one at some point what they think you should improve before you apply to increase your chances. Ronald

Ronald van Haren wrote:

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM, nathan owe. wrote:

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Allan McRae wrote:

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nathan owe. wrote:

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i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been looking at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and put in /usr/share/pacman/

There is none that I know of. Most java packages just dump all their files in /usr/share/java/${pkgname}/ and add a launcher script to /usr/bin.

Allan

k thx. i guess i can figure it out. another question. how long normally does it take to be a TU. my main goal is just contributing to arch but being a TU would be nice one day

It really depends. Make sure you learn most he packaging tricks and contribute to AUR. Once you are confident you know most tricks in the book and you think we are also confident you did, get in contact with one of the current TUs and ask them to sponsor you. Alternatively you may ask one at some point what they think you should improve before you apply to increase your chances.

Ronald

At the moment i can do programs that use C** programming, of course some dont compile but if they compile fine i can usually get them to work and get it pkged correctly according to namcap

Ronald van Haren wrote:

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:28 AM, nathan owe. wrote:

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Ronald van Haren wrote:

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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM, nathan owe. wrote:

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Allan McRae wrote:

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nathan owe. wrote:

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i am trying to find an example java build on arch wiki, also been looking at the forums. is there no example pkgbuild that i can copy and put in /usr/share/pacman/

There is none that I know of. Most java packages just dump all their files in /usr/share/java/${pkgname}/ and add a launcher script to /usr/bin.

Allan

k thx. i guess i can figure it out. another question. how long normally does it take to be a TU. my main goal is just contributing to arch but being a TU would be nice one day

It really depends. Make sure you learn most he packaging tricks and contribute to AUR. Once you are confident you know most tricks in the book and you think we are also confident you did, get in contact with one of the current TUs and ask them to sponsor you. Alternatively you may ask one at some point what they think you should improve before you apply to increase your chances.

Ronald

At the moment i can do programs that use C** programming, of course some dont compile but if they compile fine i can usually get them to work and get it pkged correctly according to namcap

start learning other programs, how to apply patches, make sure all your packages follow the standards. At some point we'd like to see that you know how to handle when issues arise. Remember we are a bleading edge distro, not all things work just out of the box so simple patches may need to be created.

Ronald

well i don't know how to make patches, now if there is patches out, i can figure out how to apply them to the build function though