October 2008 - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-dev-public] Repository Maintenance 01-10-2008 18:00
by repomaint＠archlinux.org 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Scan complete for testing (x86_64) at /home/ftp/testing/os/x86_64/ The following files are out of date They will be moved to /home/package-cleanup vlc-0.9.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

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[arch-dev-public] Repository Maintenance 01-10-2008 09:00
by repomaint＠archlinux.org 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Scan complete for testing (i686) at /home/ftp/testing/os/i686/ The following files are out of date They will be moved to /home/package-cleanup vlc-0.9.3-3-i686.pkg.tar.gz

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[arch-dev-public] Repository Maintenance 01-10-2008 06:00
by repomaint＠archlinux.org 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Scan complete for testing (i686) at /home/ftp/testing/os/i686/ The following files are out of date They will be moved to /home/package-cleanup libdvbpsi-0.1.6-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz

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[arch-dev-public] Core and Testing packages
by Aaron Griffin 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Hey guys, I got 3 important mails from Jud <jud(a)judfilm.net>. I actually liked the work he put into it, and have included the messages below. Jud, if you are willing to do this kind of work and keep up to date on these things, I will gladly give you write access to arch-dev-public to keep us on the ball here. Let me know. Anyone willing to step up to the plate for any of these (especially tomk's packages)? I know some of them have already been addressed. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Stalled Testing Packages 20080917 nasm 2.01-1 bluez 4.1-1 miro 1.2.7-1 policykit 0.9-2 tor 0.2.0.30-1 gnash-common 0.8.3-4 smc 1.5-1 python-vpython 3.2.9-4 boost 1.35.0-1 mkpxelinux 2008.03-1 mksyslinux 2008.03-1 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Core Packages Updates 20080917 Packages in question (with latest stable version): Tom - tom(a)archlinux.org e2fsprogs 1.41.1 dhcpcd 4.0.1 nfs-utils 1.1.3 bridge-utils 1.4 new url www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bridge libevent 1.4.7 nfsidmap 0.21 libldap 2.4.11 Thomas - thomas(a)archlinux.org lvm 2.02.39 device-mapper 1.02.27 fuse 2.7.4 iptables 1.4.1.1 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Core Packages with No Maintainer 20080917 Sorry to bother you with this but I noticed that the Core package: linux-atm is listed without a maintainer. According the the PKGBUILD Tobias Powalowski <tpowa(a)archlinux.org> is listed as the maintainer. linux-atm 2.5.0 Changes: Version 2.4.1 to 2.5.0 (30-DEC-2007) Bug fixes --------- - building outside the source tree should now work properly - TimeTicks (in ilmid) should be unsigned - fix zeppelin's handling of LE_ARP REMOTE_ADDRESS flag New features ------------ - zeppelin now has a -b option (run in background) - zeppelin creates /var/run/lec[itf].pid at startup - ilmid updates from ekinzie(a)cmf.nrl.navy.mil - atmswitch from eleblond(a)init-sys.com - point to multipoint signalling support - routed br2684 support from ekinzie(a)cmf.nrl.navy.mil Other changes ------------- - updated to support later versions of autoconf

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[arch-dev-public] Repository Maintenance 01-10-2008 03:00
by repomaint＠archlinux.org 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Scan complete for extra (x86_64) at /home/ftp/extra/os/x86_64/ The following files are out of date They will be moved to /home/package-cleanup doxygen-1.5.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz libavg-0.7.0-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

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[arch-dev-public] Live DVD for Linux Games
by Jud 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

"The liveDVD itself is based on ArchLinux and comes pre-loaded with 13 popular Linux games, and more are planned for future release." http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/09/28/live-dvd-for-linux-games/ Did anyone know about this? Would it make for a "nice" success story for the front page news and newsletter? "lg-live is a live Linux DVD pre-installed with some of the top linux games out there. You just boot from your dvd, select your game and start playing. As simple as that." http://live.linux-gamers.net/

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[arch-dev-public] Repository Maintenance 01-10-2008 00:00
by repomaint＠archlinux.org 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Scan complete for extra (i686) at /home/ftp/extra/os/i686/ The following files are out of date They will be moved to /home/package-cleanup doxygen-1.5.6-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz libavg-0.7.0-5-i686.pkg.tar.gz mail-notification-5.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz yakuake-2.9.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz Scan complete for extra (x86_64) at /home/ftp/extra/os/x86_64/ The following files are out of date They will be moved to /home/package-cleanup alltray-0.69-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz kino-1.3.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz libgphoto2-2.4.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz libraw1394-1.3.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz mkvtoolnix-2.2.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

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[arch-dev-public] FYI - GNU Toolchain Update Blog
by Jud 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

I stumbled across this page and though it might help to keep Arch Devs in-the-loop. "This is the first in what I hope will be a continuing series of blogs describing monthly changes in the GNU Toolchain (gcc, binutils, newlib and possibly gdb as well). One of my jobs at Red Hat is to take the changes in the public versions of the toolchain sources and copy them into our internal repository. I do this on a monthly basis and I produce a short report each time detailing what has happened. One of my friends here suggested that people outside of Red Hat might be interested in these monthly reports and so that is why I have started this blog." More at the blog: http://nickclifton.livejournal.com/999.html

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[arch-dev-public] FYI - Kernel 2.6.27-rc8
by Jud 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Linus has released 2.6.27-rc8. "So yet another week, another -rc," began Linux creator, Linus Torvalds, announcing the 2.6.27-rc8 Linux kernel. He continued, "this one should be the last one: we're certainly not running out of regressions, but at the same time, at some point I just have to pick some point, and on the whole the regressions don't look _too_ scary. And -rc8 obviously does fix more of them." Linus went on to note that most of the changes since -rc7 are small, "and there aren't even a whole lot of them." Jiri Kosina cautioned that there is still an unknown bug affecting the e1000e driver currently in the 2.6.27 kernel, "rendering the cards unusable for most of the i-am-not-a-hacker users (and remember, even Dave Airlie bricked his laptop completely to death, when trying to restore eeprom contents)" When asked how to duplicate the bug, Jiri noted that the inability to reliably reproduce the bug added to the difficulty in debugging the problem, "apparently it is some kind of race, as it usually takes multiple cycles to trigger". http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/2.6.27-rc8_This_One_Should_Be_The_Last_One "One assumes that the final 2.6.27 release will not happen before that gets fixed." http://lwn.net/Articles/301034/

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[arch-dev-public] [core] Updated Upstream URLs and Package Descriptions - 20080929
by Jud 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

> Wow, you sunk a lot of time into this. :) Thanks for your kind words. Anything to help Arch be a better Distro. > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 6:31 AM, Jud <jud at judfilm.net> wrote: > > Hi Devs, > > > > I have been looking at the Arch [core] packages and have noticed > > some issues, could you please take at look and where possible > > rectify them as soon as possible? Thank-you. <Arch Linux> > > > Dan McGee > > dash > > Update Description?: A POSIX-compliant shell that aims to be as > > small as possible without sacrificing speed > > The upstream description from the website is basically what I have now > (http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/), so I'm actually going to > leave it. ok. > > A lot of these suggestions look great, but we don't need to pedantic > here with our exact casing in case people can't figure out the > often-stupid naming schemes of their favorite programs. Another thing > to keep in mind- any description that includes the name of the package > or starts with "<packagename> is..." is too verbose. Keeping > descriptions to one line is also ideal as it keeps -Ss output clean. ok, thanks for the tips. I'll have another look over them.

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