February 2018 - 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in the comments for ttf-google-webfonts[1], this has caused all sorts of confusion and messages about the package being out-of-date or having invalid checksums.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] Go package dependencies
by Adam Levy 04 Mar '18

04 Mar '18

Hi there, I am co-maintaining a few AUR packages written in Golang and I just ran namcap on my built package. I got the following output on a few of my golang packages: $ namcap influxdb-1.4.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz influxdb E: Dependency glibc detected and not included (libraries ['usr/lib/libpthread.so.0', 'usr/lib/libc.so.6'] needed in files ['usr/bin/influx_inspect', 'usr/bin/influx_stress', 'usr/bin/influx', 'usr/bin/influx_tsm', 'usr/bin/influxd']) However 'glibc' is in the base group, and I thought that it wasn't necessary to declare dependencies from the base group since it should always be installed on a fresh OS install. Am I wrong about this point? Should I be including 'glibc' as a dependency in this package? Should I be including 'bash' as a dependency in packages with scripts that use bash? Thank you! Adam Levy (alaskanarcher)

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[aur-general] TU (re-)Application
by Brad Fanella 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

Hi all, Perhaps this is a bit unorthodox, but in 2011 I resigned from my post as a TU for personal and time-related reasons [1]. Coming up on almost 7 years later, I'm still an avid Arch user, and have struck a balance in my life where I'm much more capable of contributing to open-source projects than I was back then. The warm regards and well-wishes from my fellow TUs at the time [2][3] have left an extremely positive impression on me, and I find myself once again wanting to pick up some orphaned packages in [community] (surprisingly, the MATE desktop is homeless). Therefore, I'm writing this message to see if there's any interest in getting another helping hand around here. Sincerely, Brad Fanella [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/aur-general@archlinux.org/msg14906.htm l [2] https://www.mail-archive.com/aur-general@archlinux.org/msg14915.htm l [3] https://www.mail-archive.com/aur-general@archlinux.org/msg14920.htm l

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Re: [aur-general] aur-out-of-date: determine out-of-date AUR packages w.r.t. upstream
by Adam Levy 27 Feb '18

27 Feb '18

Neat program! It currently doesn't handle release candidate version tags. For example, $ aur-out-of-date -pkg influxdb [OUT-OF-DATE] [influxdb] Package influxdb should be updated from 1.4.3-1 to 1.5.0rc4 It might be worth adding an option to ignore version tags that end in 'rc*'. Or perhaps make that the default and add a flag to *not* ignore release candidate tags. I'm sure there are other conventions for post-fixes on version tags that indicate pre release or testing status. Maybe a more flexible way to go would be to offer an environment variable or option for setting a list of regexes to disregard if matched. Thanks! Adam Levy

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[aur-general] Dropping python-colorlog and python2-colorlog
by Pierre Neidhardt 25 Feb '18

25 Feb '18

python-colorlog and python2-colorlog just got flagged out-of-date, is anyone looking forward to maintaining it in [community]? Otherwise I'll put it back on the AUR.

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[aur-general] PKGBUILD(s) Review
by Ankit R Gadiya 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

Hi everyone, I added two new PKGBUILD(s) today in the AUR, both are plugins for vim. Any advice, suggestions or feedback will be greatly appreciated. And if anybody would like the *-git versions of these I will be more then happy to add them as well. 1. ranger-vim: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ranger-vim/ 2. tcomment-vim: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tcomment-vim/ Ranger-vim # Maintainer: Ankit R Gadiya <arch(a)argp.in> pkgname=ranger-vim pkgver=2.0 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Ranger integration for vim" license=('MIT') arch=('any') url="https://github.com/francoiscabrol/ranger.vim" depends=('vim' 'ranger') groups=('vim-plugins') source=("https://github.com/francoiscabrol/${pkgname/-/.}/archive/${pkgver}.tar.gz") md5sums=('59f24462eb5c7561756a646585cd9e4c') package() { install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname/-/.}-${pkgver}/plugin/ranger.vim" \ "${pkgdir}/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/ranger.vim" } tcomment-vim # Maintainer: Ankit R Gadiya <arch(a)argp.in> pkgname=tcomment-vim pkgver=3.08.1 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="An extensible & universal comment vim-plugin that also handles embedded filetypes" license=('GPL3') arch=('any') url="https://github.com/tomtom/tcomment_vim" depends=('vim') groups=('vim-plugins') source=("https://github.com/tomtom/${pkgname/-/_}/archive/${pkgver}.tar.gz") md5sums=('6ea8f4ce78411efba444a0218e111219') package() { install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/"{doc,plugin,autoload} install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname/-/_}-${pkgver}/plugin/tcomment.vim" \ "${pkgdir}/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/tcomment.vim" install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname/-/_}-${pkgver}/doc/tcomment.txt" \ "${pkgdir}/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/doc/tcomment.txt" install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname/-/_}-${pkgver}/autoload/tcomment.vim" \ "${pkgdir}/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/tcomment.vim" } -- Ankit R Gadiya

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Re: [aur-general] PKGBUILD depends() question
by Mikael Blomstrand 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

In the documentation FAQ there's a "Is there a package for my Operating System?" topic. From there there's a link to install instructions. Look there. Otherwise it seems like they are happy to help you if you ask them. tors 22 feb. 2018 kl. 08:09 skrev Future Trailer <alrii14344(a)gmail.com>: > i'm trying to build this project. https://github.com/Kinto/kinto > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:30 AM, Mikael Blomstrand <mbloms(a)kth.se> wrote: > >> Depends on the project, but upstream usually has a list of dependencies >> in the build instructions or somewhere at the development page. >> >> What package are you trying to make a PKGBUILD for specifically? >> tors 22 feb. 2018 kl. 02:06 skrev Future Trailer via aur-general < >> aur-general(a)archlinux.org>: >> >>> Thank you for the reply. And forgive me for being a newbie. I am just >>> confuse how do you get the upstream lists? >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:11 PM, Robin Broda via aur-general < >>> aur-general(a)archlinux.org> wrote: >>> >>> > Try to figure out what upstream lists as dependencies, & check against >>> > namcap[1] >>> > >>> > [1] - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Namcap#Dependencies >>> > >>> > - Rob >>> > >>> > >>> > On 02/19/2018 05:08 AM, Future Trailer via aur-general wrote: >>> > >>> >> When creating PKGBUILD how can I find the dependency of a package to >>> fill >>> >> the depends() array? Many thanks to your help. >>> >> >>> > >>> >> >

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[aur-general] PKGBUILD depends() question
by Future Trailer 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

When creating PKGBUILD how can I find the dependency of a package to fill the depends() array? Many thanks to your help.

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[aur-general] Issue with proper packaging
by Konstantin Gizdov 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Hi, I'm having trouble making a package under the Arch Packaging Standards. The package in question is `simpletools`. The problem I'm having is that if I use `prepare()` & `build()` directives as intended, then the target `make install` does not exist when called from inside `package()` directive. I'm wondering if this is an issue because of the way `makepkg` pulls it over git and later handles it, or is it some problem with the CMake configuration in the software itself? I haven't been able to replicate this in a manual way, because obviously when run manually the configuration is persisted locally. Any comments? -- Regards, Konstantin

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[aur-general] Please remove gsmartcontrol-svn package from AUR
by John Lane 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

Hi, I got the below sent to me regarding a pkg I have in AUR. I guess it should be deleted as per the request. I believe that requires a mail to this list? https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gsmartcontrol-svn/ I verified [1] the sender's address is indeed the upstream developer. thanks. [1] https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/home/index.php/Support -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Please remove gsmartcontrol-svn package Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:26:28 +0400 From: Alexander Shaduri <ashaduri(a)gmail.com> To: archlinux(a)jelmail.com Hi, I'm the developer of GSmartControl and I see there is an Arch package of gsmartcontrol-svn here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gsmartcontrol-svn/ Could you please remove this package? I keep getting bug reports for it, but the thing is, the SVN version is not intended for public consumption at all. It may not build, may not run, may destroy your data, etc... Plus, it's in the middle of active rewrite/refactoring right now and is in no state to be even compiled. Thanks, Alexander

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[aur-general] Rpc Info Order
by Morgan Adamiec 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

Previously when using the Rpc interface info requests would always be returned in order of input but I realised this specific request [1] returns out of order. Is order a thing that was never guaranteed and just happened to be true in 99% of instances or is this a true bug? https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=gstreamer0.10-good-plugi…

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[aur-general] TU application: Ivy Foster
by Ivy Foster 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

Hi, folks, I'm writing to apply to be a TU, and Alad Wenter has kindly agreed to be my sponsor. I've been an Arch user for the last 10 years or so. Some of you may know me from IRC or the forums, where I use the nick escondida. Lately, I've been much less active on IRC, but have contributed a handful of patches to pacman. I also maintain [a few buildscripts][1] in the AUR. Arch has always been a rewarding community to contribute to, and I figure that maintaining some packages and generally helping out could be a good way to contribute a bit more. If accepted to be a TU, my plan of action is as follows: 1. Go mad with power^U 1. Bring a handful of packages into [community] (see below) 2. Help out with rebuilds and package updates where that does not involve stepping on toes 3. Continue to submit occasional patches to Arch projects 4. Help with to-do lists. Off the top of my head, taking a quick look at current to-do lists with actual outstanding items: https://www.archlinux.org/todo/packages-with-out-of-repositories-dependenci… I'd be interested both in simply weeding out those with inappropriate deps and in bringing in deps I'd consider actually useful, such as tcllib for tcl-remind. https://www.archlinux.org/todo/source-retirement/ https://www.archlinux.org/todo/codegooglecom-retirement/ I wouldn't mind tracking down lost sources. Thanks for your consideration, and I'm of course happy to answer questions and address critiques. Cheers, Ivy "escondida" Foster # Packages If I'm accepted, there are a handful of packages I already have in mind to bring to the repos: - [bemenu][2] Though dmenu is already available, bemenu is a solid alternative for X, Wayland or terminals. - [farbfeld][3] An oddball but interesting new image format - [frotz][4] I don't know about you guys, but I think that text adventures are positively xyzzy. - [ledger][5] This program is super useful, and I doubt I'm the only one who dreads every boost update because this takes so long to build! - [muttprint][6] I don't always print emails, but when I do, I use muttprint. - [opendoas][7] OpenBSD's much simpler alternative to sudo is now available for Linux. - [physlock][8] A tty screen locker - [sndio][9] OpenBSD's excellent and simple sound system is now available as a userspace daemon for Linux, and a surprising number of things can build against it easily. Note that if I did bring this in, I wouldn't be including my very basic XDG basedir patch (see AUR scripts). I'm going to try and submit a better one upstream, and if that fails, then...oh, well, I guess. - [t-prot][10] It's just a simple script, but as a mutt user, it comes very much in handy for making many emails more legible. - [translate-shell][11] Very useful for simplifying or scripting translation tasks (not that you should be counting on google translate to handle anything longer than a few words, but still) - [xurls][12] Saves you the trouble of parsing strings to find links # Links [1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?SeB=m&K=escondida [2]: https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu [3]: https://tools.suckless.org/farbfeld/ [4]: http://frotz.sourceforge.net/ [5]: https://www.ledger-cli.org [6]: http://muttprint.sourceforge.net/ [7]: https://github.com/Duncaen/OpenDoas [8]: https://github.com/muennich/physlock [9]: http://www.sndio.org/ [10]: http://www.escape.de/~tolot/mutt/ [11]: https://www.soimort.org/translate-shell/ [12]: https://github.com/mvdan/xurls

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[aur-general] TU for moving DDNet to community?
by Rafael Fontenelle 10 Feb '18

10 Feb '18

Hello, DDNet is a very fun sidescrolling game, similar to Teeworlds (DDNet is actually a mod of Teeworlds). Since Teeworlds's development is very slow and DDNet's development is very active, a lot of players migrated to DDNet, which allows to play both gametypes of Teeworlds and many others of DDNet. Here is a fan-made trailer of DDNet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwyk4hPZM1g Archwiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DDNet This package is very easy to maintain, all dependencies are in official repos, and most of its updates represent changes only in pkgver and checksums. I'd be glad to see this package in community, if possible, in order to reach users that avoid AUR. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ddnet/ Other related packages to consider: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ddnet-maps-git/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ddnet-skins/ Is there a TU that would like to adopt it and move it to community repo? Feel free to ask me more info. Best regards, Rafael Fontenelle

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[aur-general] aur-out-of-date: determine out-of-date AUR packages w.r.t. upstream
by Simon Legner 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

Hi aur-general, as a maintainer of fifty-something AUR packages I found it difficult to keep track of new upstream versions. I would subscribe to various RSS feeds to keep track of some. Recently, I sat down and wrote a tool "aur-out-of-date" which, given a username or a list of packages, checks upstream for newer versions. It does so by inspecting the upstream URL and/or source URL, and calling a suitable API (github.com, registry.npmjs.org, pypi.python.org, cpan.org for now) to determine the latest released version. Out-of-date packages are output in red color on the command line. Give it a try: https://github.com/simon04/aur-out-of-date https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/aur-out-of-date/ I'm happy to hear you feedback :) Simon

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[aur-general] Moving xss-lock to community
by Pierre Neidhardt 03 Feb '18

03 Feb '18

Seems fairly popular, plus it's useful to lock the screen on sleep without systemd. -- Pierre Neidhardt

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