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Re: [arch-general] xzgv, rtorrent and libtorrent have been orphaned - where can I apply for maintainership ?
by Partha Chowdhury 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 10:58:17PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > Partha Chowdhury wrote: > >i have been using archlinux for about 3 months.I have switched from > >fedora to arch due to its simplicity. > >i had reported a bug > >http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15199?string=xzgv&project=1&type[0]=&sev[0]=… > >when i first started using arch.Recently it has been fixed and i have > >tested and reported it. > > > >However it seems that xzgv package is currently orphaned as this page > >shows > >http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/xzgv/ > >so is rtorrent and libtorrent.They have been marked out-of-date for > >a while now. > > > >is another trusted user or developer will be maintaining the packages in > >the future ? > > > >i want to help and i want to maintain the above packages if someone else > >has not decided already. so where do i apply and how do i start ? > > Note that all community packages are orphans at the moment due to > the backend transition that is ongoing. > > I notice that xzgv 0.9.1 is now released. If you tell me whether > updated version needs the patch provided in the bug report, I will > do the update. > > Allan > no , xzgv 0.9.1 does not need the patch. it is for xzgv-0.9 release.simply updating the xzgv package will solve it. About the backend transition - does that mean maintainers of the packages in the community repo cannot update their packages at the moment or is there some other problem ? Should i email the maintainers personally to make a request to update ?

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[arch-general] xzgv, rtorrent and libtorrent have been orphaned - where can I apply for maintainership ?
by Partha Chowdhury 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

i have been using archlinux for about 3 months.I have switched from fedora to arch due to its simplicity. i had reported a bug http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15199?string=xzgv&project=1&type[0]=&sev[0]=… when i first started using arch.Recently it has been fixed and i have tested and reported it. However it seems that xzgv package is currently orphaned as this page shows http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/xzgv/ so is rtorrent and libtorrent.They have been marked out-of-date for a while now. is another trusted user or developer will be maintaining the packages in the future ? i want to help and i want to maintain the above packages if someone else has not decided already. so where do i apply and how do i start ?

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Re: [arch-general] [*] Re: In defense of pacman.static
by Piyush P Kurur 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 07:12:55PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > ludovic coues wrote: >> It's a problem with the default pacman.conf I suppose. >> By default, pacman is configured to upgrade itself first. If he have upgrade >> itself, but forget to bring dependencies with it, it's a shame. >> >> I think this is a bug with the FirstSync option in pacman.conf >> > > Its not actually... it is a bug with pacman's deps. It requires > libarchive>=2.7.0-2 and not just 2.7.0 > > Allan Do I report this bug ? Regards ppk

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[arch-general] soundcard order is not maintained after recent updates
by kira.laucas＠gmail.com 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

i have two soundcards. one is creative soundblaster live and the other is onboard nvidia soundcard. the kernel modules are snd-emu10k1x and snd-hda-intel respectively. Before the recent updates i used to put snd-emu10k1x before snd-hda-intel in /etc/rc.conf in the MODULES array to force the soundblaster card to be soundcard 0. But after the most recent updates this setting does not work. After going through archwiki and googling i found that either i can put "options snd_emu10k1x index=0" in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf or i can create a custom asoundrc file in my home directory which will serve my purpose. so my question is that is the new udev does not load modules according to /etc/rc.conf ?

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] How the use of "provides" can damage the dependency tree
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Allan McRae wrote: > Pierre Schmitz wrote: >> Am Sonntag 02 August 2009 11:26:51 schrieb Roman Kyrylych: >> >>> Okay, then how we currently check that subversion needs >>> to be rebuilt on db or heimdal soname bump? >>> >> >> That's where the link database would help a lot. >> > > Or the rebuild script I have posted which scans all the packages in > the repos in a few minutes. > Or visit this url to check the deps of the desired pkg http://archlinux.djgera.com.ar/pkgdyn/out/i686/core/heimdal-1.2.1-5 http://archlinux.djgera.com.ar/pkgdyn/out/x86_64/core/openssl-0.9.8k-4 etc, etc. http://archlinux.djgera.com.ar/pkgdyn/out/ That I update it regulary, 1-3 times per week, depending of amount of pkgs that are updated in repos. -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D

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[arch-general] autofs orphaned
by JM 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Hello, I have been using autofs with my local and remote filesystems for some time. With an update to version 5.0 numerous bugs were introduced forcing many users, including me, to downgrade. On May 2nd, Andrea Scrapino who was the autofs maintainer at the time, orphaned the package and asked on arch-dev-public if some other dev would be interested in maintaining the package. Three months later autofs is still orphaned and autofs bugs assigned to BaSH haunt the bugtracker [1]. Will autofs be deprecated? If so, what compatible alternatives are there? Kind regards, JM [1] http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=autofs&project=1

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[arch-general] no lzma man
by Caleb Cushing 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

man lzma doesn't come up with anything although other lz* tools refer to an lzma man page -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com

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[arch-general] What up with the mirrors? Errors using the .pacnew mirrorlist
by David C. Rankin 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Listmates, Today I'm gettign mirror failures: 16:37 alchemy:/etc/pacman.d> pms -u :: Synchronizing package databases... error: failed retrieving file 'kde-unstable.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.unixheads.org : Not Found error: failed retrieving file 'kde-unstable.db.tar.gz' from mirror.cs.vt.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) error: failed retrieving file 'kde-unstable.db.tar.gz' from mirror.cs.vt.edu : Not Found error: failed retrieving file 'kde-unstable.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Protocol error error: failed retrieving file 'kde-unstable.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Forbidden error: failed retrieving file 'kde-unstable.db.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) Should this problem solve itself in a day or so? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] The vsftpd only starts at the second attempt
by Lucas Salies Brum 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

(root@abraham ~):# ps -A | grep vsftpd (root@abraham ~):# /etc/rc.d/vsftpd start :: Starting vsftpd FTP Daemon [FAIL] (root@abraham ~):# /etc/rc.d/vsftpd stop :: Stopping vsftpd FTP Daemon [DONE] (root@abraham ~):# /etc/rc.d/vsftpd start :: Starting vsftpd FTP Daemon [DONE] (root@abraham ~):# ps -A | grep vsftpd 6453 pts/3 00:00:00 vsftpd This has happened to someone? /etc/vsftpd.conf - http://paste.archlinux-br.org/1241 /etc/rc.conf - http://paste.archlinux-br.org/1242 Arch Linux i686. Thanks. --- Lucas Saliés Brum http://sistematico.org lsbrum @ irc.freenode.org

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[arch-general] kde4.3-0.1 - Many plasma-addon package conflicts
by David C. Rankin 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Listmates, Installing the new kde 4.3 release results and many plasma-addon package conflicts. Is this normal? I'm just going to remove the conflicting addons and then try the reinstall. Detailed list of conflicts attached... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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