November 2013 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

[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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] Copy.com dueling packages
by Jonathan Arnold 01 May '14

01 May '14

There are 2 packages for the Copy.com client software package: copy - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/copy/ copy-agent - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/copy-agent/ I think both have PKGBUILD problems, from dependencies (the Copy.com software uses Qt4, not Gtk, for instance) to poorly formed PKGBUILDs (one has just a package() method and one has just a build() method). I'm not really sure how this should be resolved, mostly because I wouldn't pick one over the other right now. Any one with more PKGBUILD confidence want to step in? Also, if you're interested, sign up with this link and we both get an extra 5gb(!) of cloud storage on copy.com: https://copy.com?r=NXWnIn -- Jonathan Arnold Webstream: http://hieronymus.soup.io Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships. Michael Jordan

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[aur-general] disowning a couple of packages
by Thomas Dziedzic 12 Jan '14

12 Jan '14

Hi, I'm disowning sage-mathematics, sage-mathematics-spkgs(optdepends for sage-mathematics), fityk, and xylib(dependency for fityk). I will move them to the aur in a week if no TU adopts them in community. If you plan on adopting sage-mathematics, you should know that it is currently unbuildable on archlinux, and some other newer distros due to how it is built. It is currently out of date, and you wont be able to update it without fixing this. http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/10572 (13 month old bug without recent comments) http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11391 (9 month old bug I filed without a sign of activity) If you plan on adopting fityk, note that it needs a development version of wxwidgets which I statically build in the same PKGBUILD. Cheers.

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[aur-general] Disown request: ctwm-git
by Brian F. G. Bidulock 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Please disown ctwm-git: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ctwm-git Out of date. Not updated since first submitted. Maintainer does not respond to direct email. I have updated PKGBUILD ready to go. --brian

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[aur-general] More delete requests
by Jerome Leclanche 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/openssh-lpk/ - outdated, patch not needed anymore https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/v8-static/ - bad name, unneeded, out of date https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/postgresql84/ & https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/postgresql84-libs/ - Same as qt46; very out of date, not required by any packages (except itself) https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/postgresql9/ - Slightly less out of date but confusing name https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/v8-current/ - merge with https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/v8-svn/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quiviewer/ - Source gone https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python3-pygame2/ - "python3" should be python, pygame2 is called pgreloaded, pgreloaded is now py-sdl2. To merge with one of the various mplayer2 packages; I honestly don't know which, since mplayer/mplayer2/mpv have a dozen forks each: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mplayer2-lachs0r-git/ (Fork gone) https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mplayer2-nodep-git/ (Unneeded) https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mplayer2-simple-git/ (Unused; No real difference with mplayer2-git) https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mplayer2-build-repo/ (Maybe. The -git version would be better, but either way this package name is very confusing) J. Leclanche

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[aur-general] Removal request for f2fs packages
by Curtis Shimamoto 01 Dec '13

01 Dec '13

There are still a couple f2fs packages in the AUR. Since f2fs is now included in the mainline kernel, I don't think that these are necessary anymore. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-f2fs/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-f2fs/ Thanks! -- Curtis Shimamoto sugar.and.scruffy [at] gmail.com

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[aur-general] Moving python2-tagpy to AUR
by Alexander Rødseth 30 Nov '13

30 Nov '13

Hi, The setup scripts for python2-tagpy tries to make changes to the system at build-time (as opposed to installation-time). It also exists on the latest boost TODO and no other packages use it, except for it being an optional dependency for sonata. Sonata is currently in [extra], maintained by Ángel Velásquez. My assumption is that nobody is interested in adopting python2-tagpy and keeping it in [extra] or [community], so I'm going to move it to AUR unless there are any protests (which are followed up by adoptions). I'll move the package after an arbitrary amount of time has passed (probably when it is among the last packages on the TODO list, and we want to get the upgrade to the latest version of boost going). -- Best regards, Alexander Rødseth xyproto / TU

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[aur-general] weidu-bin adoption request
by Fabio Ticconi 30 Nov '13

30 Nov '13

Hi all, Apologies in advance if I'm skipping some steps in this process, or if this is not the correct place to make this request. Hopefully that is not the case. Anyway, I would like to adopt this package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/weidu-bin/ I created a new PKGBUILD, checked with namcap, then generated and installed the package (I'm using it successfully). I attach it for review. FYI, I had to had the !strip option as without it the executables become unusable. Weidu is going to probably see a few more releases, thanks to the EE versions of BG1 and BG2. I use it, so I can keep it updated. Let me know if I missed something. Thanks, Fabio ps: the downloaded zip contains a COPYING file, that is a GPL2 license. Therefore I used GPL2 in the license array instead of installing that file. Is this correct?

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[aur-general] Signoff report for [community-testing]
by Arch Website Notification 30 Nov '13

30 Nov '13

=== Signoff report for [community-testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 0 new packages in last 24 hours * 0 known bad packages * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 0 fully signed off packages * 9 packages missing signoffs * 0 packages older than 14 days (Note: the word 'package' as used here refers to packages as grouped by pkgbase, architecture, and repository; e.g., one PKGBUILD produces one package per architecture, even if it is a split package.) == Incomplete signoffs for [community] (9 total) == * goagent-3.0.8-2 (any) 0/2 signoffs * avrdude-6.0.1-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * flashrom-0.9.7-2 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * openocd-0.7.0-3 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * python2-gevent-1.0-1 (i686) 0/1 signoffs * avrdude-6.0.1-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * flashrom-0.9.7-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * openocd-0.7.0-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * python2-gevent-1.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. lcarlier - 1 signoffs

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[aur-general] Merge request: fs-uae-{game-center,arcade}-devel
by grimi 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

Hi, author of fs-uae-game-center changed app name to fs-uae-arcade. I've uploaded already new package, please merge old one with new one. new: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fs-uae-arcade-devel/ old : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fs-uae-game-center-devel/ Thanks. -- grimi

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