April 2014 - 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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] A bit strange - unusual packages
by Rob Til Freedmen 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

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[aur-general] [HEADS-UP] Meta data and split package support in the AUR
by Lukas Fleischer 27 Jul '14

27 Jul '14

Hello, I plan to do the next major AUR release by late May or June and I thought this might be a good time to let people know what is going on behind the scenes. AUR 3.0.0 will be able to read metadata from source packages. These metadata will be read from a file called .AURINFO (contained in the source tarball). Dave wrote several tools [1], including mkaurball which can be used to automatically build a source tarball with metadata so you don't need to worry about creating this file on your own. Having this information available means that: 1. We can drop the PKGBUILD parser from the AUR. The parser will still be available in the upcoming release but it will be marked as deprecated and a warning will be displayed whenever someone tries to upload a source tarball without metadata. 2. We can implement other things that were blocked by the AUR PKGBUILD parser being incomplete and inaccurate. Specifically, the next release will support split packages. Things that are on our TODO list: * Test the new AUR code. The split package code is still experimental. * Fix and extend the AUR RPC interface. * Test Dave's pkgbuild-introspection. * Move pkgbuild-introspection (or at least mkaurball) to [community]. It would also be nice to get metadata generation integrated into makepkg so that people no longer need to install mkaurball to generate source tarballs for the AUR. Regards, Lukas [1] https://github.com/falconindy/pkgbuild-introspection

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[aur-general] Orphan Request
by mytbk920423＠gmail.com 14 Jul '14

14 Jul '14

python-colorama[1] and python2-colorama[2] has been flagged out of date for a very long time, and I'd like to adopt them. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-colorama/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python2-colorama/

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[aur-general] Please disown faustworks and faust-lv2
by Rob Til Freedmen 31 May '14

31 May '14

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/faustworks/ Flagged out-of-date (2013-05-05) https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/faust-lv2/ Flagged out-of-date (2013-11-12) Outdated by two releases, look at the comments ... I've updated PKGBUILD's for both packages.

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[aur-general] Account deletion request
by Ypnose 25 May '14

25 May '14

Hi, As I requested it on the forum[1], I would like to have my AUR account deleted. I already checked "Inactive" box, but I want to have it totally removed. My nickname is Ypnose Thanks Y. [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180319

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[aur-general] [Merge request] brother-mfc-7460dn
by Berno Strik 13 May '14

13 May '14

Please merge https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-mfc7460dn-cups into https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-mfc-7460dn/ The former had no update since 2011-12-04 22:25 -- With regards, Berno Strik <dutchman55(a)gmx.com>

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[aur-general] Delete request: fontmatrix-svn
by Jerome Leclanche 12 May '14

12 May '14

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fontmatrix-svn/ - they are available on github.com/fontmatrix/fontmatrix now. J. Leclanche

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[aur-general] Change email address on AUR
by tristelune＠archlinux.info 04 May '14

04 May '14

Hello, I have a new email addresse since a few month and I would like to use the new email address (this one) on AUR, for example for receiving the comments on packages I'm maintaining. I have change the email address on AUR under "My Account", but the comments for my packages are still send to my old email address. I have tried to click on "Disable notification" and then enable the notification again (for the package), but it didn't change. What can I do to receive the notification of my packages to my new email address ? Thanks! Tristelune

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[aur-general] Copy.com dueling packages
by Jonathan Arnold 02 May '14

02 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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