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[aur-general] Tarball Guidelines
by keenerd 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Officially, the tarballs uploaded to the AUR should be named after their package, contain a directory named after their package, contain no dot files and most importantly contain no binaries. Officially, these requirements are very important. Here are a bunch of non-conforming packages. Maybe 90% of them. (A few errors slip though my scanner.) Of the +700 packages with binaries, most are a simple desktop icon. Should these be base64 encoded if someone can't find hosting? If no one can think of a better way to deal with the nonconforming packages, I'll write a bot to post insulting comments. Personally, I really like this solution. The AUR has always had a wild west frontier / insane asylum feel to it. The less regulation, the better it works. But a few well placed suggestions could help make the two thousand maintainers do a better job. -Kyle http://kmkeen.com

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[aur-general] Amendment
by Kaiting Chen 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

I move for the amendment of the bylaws. The patch against the current document is attached. Basically the amendment proposes that once an absolute majority is reached the voting period is to end immediately regardless of whether or not quorum was reached. The purpose of this amendment is to minimize parliamentary inefficiency by allowing votes with clearly decided outcomes to be resolved before the end of the established voting period. --Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/

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[aur-general] deletion request: dbus-systemd
by Dave Reisner 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Good morning, dbus-systemd is now superfluous with the necessary compile flags being added to testing/dbus-core. Please delete dbus-systemd at your convenience: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40399 thanks, dave

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[aur-general] openttd package removal
by Joao Cordeiro 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

openttd [1] is in community too. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9391 Thanks in advance Joao Cordeiro

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[aur-general] removal of balazar
by Martti Kühne 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

balazar[1] can be removed. the project is abandoned and segfaults here. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11692

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[aur-general] Remember the rules for adding packages to [community]
by Allan McRae 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

So... I just noticed a package was added to [community] that I am certain did not pass any of the criteria required for being added. When I looked in the AUR for that package less than a week ago as a potential replacement for an old and unmaintained package in [core], it was not even in the AUR... and I can find no evidence for it every being added to the AUR in the time since. So it did not have 10 votes, it definitely would not have 1% pkgstats usage. So this is a reminder to everyone that there are rules about adding packages to [community] for a reason. With the complaints about running low on disk space being made lately, it seems we should remember to not put unused packages into [community] to prevent the remaining space being wasted... Allan

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[aur-general] Please delete vncviewer-enterprise 4.5.4-1
by Tom Wizetek 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44168 Thank you. -- TW / MajorTom

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[aur-general] Fix the Bylaws?
by Kaiting Chen 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

Apparently there are some people who think the bylaws are broken. On another readthrough it seems to me that the entire document could be streamlined substantially, and definitions could be made more explicit (especially in the matter of activity versus inactivity). In addition it is my personal opinion that the whole idea of the quorum should be reworked. According to Robert's Rules of Order, "should approximate the largest number that can be depended on to attend any meeting except in very bad weather or other extremely unfavorable conditions.". In the case of an internet presence where inclement weather is not an issue it seems to me that all active Trusted Users should be required to participate in a vote; if an active Trusted User does not vote then this should be taken as a sign of unwarranted and undeclared inactivity. Also I believe that it would be nice to include a clause indicating that the requisite numbers of votes for a vote have been achieved the vote should be allowed to end prematurely. For example if there are thirty Trusted Users and twenty of them vote for the addition of a Trusted User by the second day of the voting procedure then it should not be necessary to extend the vote to the full seven days because no amount of nay's can effect a negative outcome. In this case the five day delay that would result from a strict adherence to the current bylaws is wasteful inefficiency. In fact it is my desire that the bylaws resemble as closely as possible an already established system for such proceedings such as Robert's Rules of Order. --Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/

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[aur-general] removal proposal for Ranguvar
by Ionuț Bîru 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

Hi, Ranguvar has been added in our team no more than last year. Conform bylaws a motion should be sent and two active TUs and a voting procedure should follow after 7 days of discussion. Here are my reasons: 1) i noticed in January he doesn't have an account on our devel panel, i asked him to send all the infos to get one and he replied that he doesn't need one because none of his packages are suitable for community. Replying to his email i encourage to get one and adopt some packages from community. At that time we have ~700 orphans and i haven't got any replies from him. 2) no commits in community since the addition. 3) he's not marked as inactive and conform bylaws this proposal doesn't have sense. Quoting: "There is one special case for removal, removal due to unwarranted and undeclared inactivity, for which standard voting procedure deviates from the above." I'm waiting to see your replies and then act based on them. -- Ionuț

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[aur-general] Understanding the Trusted User Bylaws
by Loui Chang 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

http://aur.archlinux.org/trusted-user/TUbylaws.html I've noticed that there have been a few cases relatively recently where people don't really understand the bylaws. I'd like to encourage all Trusted Users to read over the bylaws periodically to make sure that they fully understand the procedures. Questions and clarifications are welcome on this list. If something is hard to understand, the bylaws can be revised and amended. If you don't agree with a certain procedure that may also be amended. Thanks for your consideration.

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[aur-general] deletion request: squeak, squeak-basicimage, squeak-fullimage
by solsTiCe d'Hiver 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

hi. squeak-basicimage and squeak-fullimage refer to old image of squeak image file. also the package do not build anymore because the sources are not there. squeak.org does not provide basic or full but just images for now. So would it makes sense to remove them ? I have transformed squeak package into squeak-vm (renamed it). So squeak package could be removed also. I have emailed drgeo maintainer of the changes to not break dependancy there if you delete squeak package as expected. I would like squeak users, if there is ones over here, to test squeak-vm and squeak-image, because I am not a squeak user. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3705 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3707 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3706

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[aur-general] arduino cleanup
by PyroPeter 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

Hello AUR users! I borrowed an arduino recently and found the *arduino*-part of the AUR to be very messy. Here are my findings: ## arduino64-updated [1] Outdated for ages, the copy of a copy of the arduino-PKGBUILD. Can be deleted. ## arduino64 [2] and arduino [3] The difference is difficult to find, the descriptions do not help in any way. arduino depends on avrdude, while arduino64 includes an outdated, but patched avrdude from the Arduino-project. I wrote an architecture-independent PKGBUILD that could replace arduino and an adapted one that includes the patched avrdude. It could replace arduino64. I am not sure about the naming of the two new packages, but I think it would make sense to call the package with included avrdude "arduino", because the Arduino SDK includes avrdude by default. The other one could be called "arduino_unpatched". (I am using an underscore here to distinguish it from the "mainname-modulename" notation used by arduino-onewire (which is an add-on for arduino) tl,dr: arduino64 can be deleted, I would like arduino to be orphaned. ## arduino-pyro [4] I uploaded my new PKGBUILD for the arduino-without-avrdude package under this name to get feedback. It can be deleted. Regards, PyroPeter [1] arduino64-updated https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32041 [2] arduino64 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24053 [3] arduino https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=8388 [4] arduino-pyro https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43902 -- freenode/pyropeter "12:50 - Ich drücke Return."

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[aur-general] moving packages to community
by Ike Devolder 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

Thx guys for letting me know you would move some packages from AUR to community thats really stimulating to contribute something if you dont know what i'm talking about - libssh2 ( i picked it up after bash dropped it in AUR) - podofo (cant remember how i picked it up) It would just be a little polite , just to let someone know the move will be done cant be that hard to send a mail ;)

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Re: [aur-general] removal proposal for Ranguvar
by Linux Lover 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

2010/12/4 <aur-general-request(a)archlinux.org> > > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 17:07:54 -0500 > From: Loui Chang <louipc.ist(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] removal proposal for Ranguvar > To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <aur-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: <20101204220754.GC32145(a)celine.lan> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On Sat 04 Dec 2010 23:59 +0200, Ionu? B?ru wrote: > > On 12/04/2010 11:53 PM, Ray Rashif wrote: > > >On 5 December 2010 05:46, Loui Chang<louipc.ist(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>On Sat 04 Dec 2010 22:19 +0200, Ionu? B?ru wrote: > > >>>On 12/03/2010 12:06 AM, Ionu? B?ru wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>I'm waiting to see your replies and then act based on them. > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>>i don't see this being discuss any further and all messages have been > only > > >>>in one direction. > > >>> > > >>>i modified his account on aur to normal user. Ranguvar, i'm sorry for > this > > >>>and when you'll have time again you should consider applying again. > > >>> > > >>>Loui can you disable his account on sigurd? > > >>>Andrea can you remove his privileges from bugtracker and forum? > > >> > > >>You still need to create a voting proposal. > > >>Why doesn't anyone read the damned bylaws? > > > > > >I myself thought there would be voting, but I just realised Ionut > > >inferred that we needn't vote from the following: > > > > > >"for which standard voting procedure deviates from the above." > > > > > > > above being the voting procedure and from my understanding what is the > > opposite of having a voting? NO voting. > > > > > > we had this situation in the past and we didn't had any voting procedure. > we > > just removed it and we continued our business. > > > > with or without the vote, the result would be the same. And to be fair, > we > > are investing too much time in the removal, even more that he invested in > > community. > > Then don't waste any time on it. Leave it alone. > But if you do want to remove a Trusted User you MUST follow the bylaws. > Three days discussion and Five days of voting for removal due to > inactivity. Read the bloody bylaws. > > We cannot be at liberty to remove people without proper procedure. > Forgive me for speaking out of term here, but wouldn't it just be easier to amend the bylaws to get away of that ambiguity? Two people reading it, two different conclusions, sounds like a lawyer could make big money out of this ;-).

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[aur-general] removal proposal for Ranguvar take 2
by Ionuț Bîru 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

hi, because of my lack of understanding of bylaws and failing to comply with them on my first proposal, i like to take the chance and redo the proposal, following letter by letter the removing procedure. Conform bylaws a motion procedure should be sent on aur-general with reasons. Here are my reasons: 1) i noticed in January he doesn't have an account on our devel panel, i asked him to send all the infos to get one and he replied that he doesn't need one because none of his packages are suitable for community. Replying to his email i encourage to get one and adopt some packages from community. At that time we have ~700 orphans and i haven't got any replies from him. 2) no commits in community since the addition. 3) he's not marked as inactive and conform bylaws this deviates from the "above", above being, 5 days discussion period + 7 voting. Because of that i'm starting a 3 days discussion period and 5 days voting. Please discuss the motion(really discuss and not like in previous,couples of hours and the next days arguing about bylaws) Ranguvar can defend himself. -- Ionuț

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[aur-general] DELREQ for several gtk2/gnome/glib perl packages
by Justin Davis 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

I sent a delete request awhile ago but I haven't heard a response. In case it didn't send properly here it is again. These perl packages are already provided in the [extra] repository and due to naming confusion were uploaded to the AUR. I adopted these as the aurperl user when they were orphans. I noticed them last week when updating one. Here are the links, package names, and corresponding [extra] package. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25815 perl-gnome2 [gnome-perl] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25816 perl-gnome2-canvas [gnomecanvas-perl] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25817 perl-gnome2-vfs [gnome-vfs-perl] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25818 perl-gnome2-gconf [gconf-perl] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25813 perl-gtk2 [gtk2-perl] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25822 perl-gtk2-gladexml [glade-perl] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25814 perl-pango [pango-perl] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25812 perl-glib [glib-perl] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25810 perl-cairo [cairo-perl] Please delete these packages since they are duplicates. Thanks! -- -Justin

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[aur-general] Quorum?
by Kaiting Chen 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

I just noticed that a number of votes for the addition of a Trusted User in the past (including my own) did not ever reach the requisite sixty-six percent quorum. I really have no idea what to do about this. --Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/

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[aur-general] deletion request: geogebra_dl
by solsTiCe d'Hiver 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23281 seems to be an old version of geogebra. it is orphaned. latest package is geogebra (3.2.45.0) or even geogebra-beta. so this one, geogebra_dl stucked at 3.0.0 could be deleted.

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[aur-general] deletion request: arista-bzr
by solsTiCe d'Hiver 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

hi. >From what I understand arista is on a git server. so arista-bzr is outdated. and could be removed. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25876 There is currently an arista-devel package but it should be better renamed arista-git. what's the way to go ? arista-devel is acceptable as a name even though it comes from a git ?

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[aur-general] Remove request
by jesse jaara 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

Please remove: openoffice.org-voikko http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29139 A new pkg called voikko-openoffice was created to that the name would be similar to voikko-libreoffice suomi-malaga http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29138 A new pkg called suomi-malaga-voikko was created because it is possible to build several different versions of suomi-malaga from the source one for voikko spell checker and a version for sukija. Sukija isn't in aur yet but I will make a pkgbuild for it soon. So the version it will use will be suomi-malaga-sukija. Depencys of other pkgs have been taken care of and wikipage if one exist will be updated shortly or if one doesn't exist I might create one. -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

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[aur-general] Orphan request
by jesse jaara 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

Following packages have been out-of-date for a some time now suomi-malaga libvoikko enchant-voikko mozvoikko openoffice.org-voikko http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29725 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9525 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30563 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29139 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29138 I have posted a up-to-date PKGBUILDs for some of them too and maled the maintainer a week ago but didn't get a reply. -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

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[aur-general] Moving subtle to [community]
by Ángel Velásquez 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Hi, I'd like to move subtle [1] to [community], as you see have 48 votes atm (including mine) and I think in [community] many people will give it a try. Opinions? [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13016 -- Angel Velásquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Arch Linux Developer / Trusted User Linux Counter: #359909 http://www.angvp.com

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[aur-general] Removal request
by jesse jaara 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Please remove libtuxcap-cvs http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27469 as it is replaced whit libtuxcap-git -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

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[aur-general] TU application - Kyle Keen
by keenerd 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Xyne wrote: > What? You were his original choice for sponsor? I feel so used and cheap. > > How many more were there, Kyle? Tell me! There was only you. Always only you. Ionut was a giddy bit of foolishness, brought on when Falconindy convinced me to apply. I know not why I sought such a ménage à trois, but cooler heads did prevail and Ionut gracefully turned down my feckless advance. I never forgot your suggestions on the BBS, nor our lofty plans for the AUR, nor the long nights testing pkgbuild2json. I've missed working with you on such grand projects and hoped with my most secret of hearts that this Application would be the first step towards rekindling those old adventures. If you wish to spurn me now, I will accept that lonely fate. But please - let your motive be driven by your dreams for the future and not by petty jealousies of the past. Assiduously yours, Kyle

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[aur-general] [Orphan Request] [pytyle2-hg]
by Andrew Gallant 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Hello, Could pytyle2-hg be orphaned? It can be found here: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42541 The current maintainer used a "10 Minute Mail" address, so he cannot be reached. (I'm the developer of pytyle--I'll take over the package, as it is currently broken.) Thanks! - Andrew

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[aur-general] New Orphans
by Qadri 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Hello all, I've been realizing lately that I have less and less time to spend on updating my Arch machine, having had a couple 1 or 2 gig updates involving hundreds of packages. So I just checked, and at least one of my packages in the AUR had been marked out-of-date and apparently I completely glossed over it. I'm no longer using any of the packages I was maintaining, so I'm emailing in case anyone wants to grab them before they fall into complete disrepair. MAQ. Packages: julius voxforge-am-julius sphinx4beta opengazer vxl-svn psad

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[aur-general] TU Application: Dave Reisner
by Dave Reisner 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Greetings! Please consider this my application to become a Trusted User. My name is Dave Reisner, and I'm 27 years old, currently residing in the New York City area. Ionut Biru has graciously offered to sponsor this application. I'm a self-taught programmer, computer enthusiast, an occasional IT consultant, and I enjoy brutal sarcasm & dry wit. During the daytime, I star as a QA website tester, writing automated test scripts with the Selenium framework. At night, I prefer Bash & C, but I also dabble in Go, Java, Ruby, and Python. Although I've only been using Arch for a little over a year now, I've become very much appreciative and endeared to its simplistic style and offer of freedom in administration. I quickly settled into a CLI setup featuring DWM, mutt, ncmpcpp, tmux, etc and filled in any missing gaps with Bash and C programs of my own design. In particular, I wrote cower and burp, which interface with the AUR to do clean and fast downloading and uploading (respectively) from the AUR. Please feel free to visit my Github repositories [1]. I also consider myself to have been an active contributor to the Arch community. I advocate the testing repo (which I use on all the boxes I maintain), I diligently file and follow up with bug reports, providing patches or other solutions whenever possible, and I've made a few (though somewhat minor) code contributions to pacman. Over the course of the past year, I've picked up a number of packages in the AUR [2]. While many of these aren't very popular, I would like to make an effort to bring Systemd into community to make it more accessible. I believe that while it does not necessarily fall directly in line with the "true spirit" of Arch, it's an excellent project and there are many people interested in its offerings within the Arch community. I've been following its development since a month after Lennart made his initial announcement, and I have been the major provider of Systemd packages on the AUR. In addition, I've spoken with Daniel Griffiths and I offered to relieve him of some of his packaging duties (given his hectic schedule), and we agreed on: asciidoc, html2text, and rsnapshot. Eventually, as I become more comfortable with the role, I would like to take on more packages to help insure that our repos stay fresh and full of useful software. Since the recent cleanup. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Thanks for taking the time to consider my application. Dave. [1] http://github.com/falconindy [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=falconindy

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[aur-general] Fwd: [arch-dev-public] Help on maintaining LXDE packages wanted
by Ionuț Bîru 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

maybe this was missed. Does any TU wants to maintain this? LXDE needs a maintainer to fit together all the pieces and currently is in bad shape. I don't want to push fixes that i can't test and i don't want to touch them anymore. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [arch-dev-public] Help on maintaining LXDE packages wanted Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:11:29 +0200 From: Jürgen Hötzel <juergen(a)hoetzel.info> Reply-To: Public mailing list for Arch Linux development <arch-dev-public(a)archlinux.org> To: arch-dev-public(a)archlinux.org Hi, anyone wants help out on this topic? I personally don't use LXDE anymore. Jürgen

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[aur-general] orphan request
by Philipp 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

fim - Highly customizable and scriptable framebuffer image viewer based on fbi. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15407 It seems to be out-of-date since 2009 and the PKGBUILD is lacking to say the least. I can't promise to fix/maintain it, but the current maintainer doesn't seem to maintain it. There are comments from March that seem to have gone unnoticed.

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[aur-general] Delete request
by Renato Garcia 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Hi, There are a package python3-docs < https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23989> in AUR. It is duplicated from python-docs on communit. Regards, Renato Garcia

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[aur-general] Delete packages: libmp3splt, mp3splt and mp3splt-gtk
by Denis A. Altoé Falqueto 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Gentlemen, Please, delete these packages. I uploaded them thinking they didn't exist in our repositories, but the search I made was wrong. I searched with 'mp3split' but the packages are mp3splt, without that i, so I ended up creating the packages and uploading. Just noticed after the fact. Sorry for the trouble. -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto Linux user #524555 -------------------------------------------

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[aur-general] orphan request
by jib 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Please orphan humanity-icons http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30460 There is a bug in the PKGBUILD, and the maintainer hasn't replied comments and emails in more than two weeks. Thanks in advance.

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[aur-general] Please delete picard-qt
by Kevin Vesga 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

This package is simply an old version of Picard (in community) and is not special: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=10232 If you think it should not be deleted at least change its name to picard09 or something. Picard is natively a Qt application so the name picard-qt makes no sense.

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[aur-general] Delete request
by Wanton 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

bin32-zsnes http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19167 Already in multilib. rocksndiamonds-fedora https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22418 Outdated, replaced by community/rocksndiamonds. dune2 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33037 Broken link, and this is non-free game. mahjongforunix http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22225 Already in extra with name mahjong. Regards, Wanton.

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[aur-general] RM a bunch of duplicate perl packages
by Justin Davis 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

I adopted a bunch of orphaned perl packages awhile ago (as the aurperl user) and I noticed that there are some perl module packages that already exist in [extra]. The problem was that the packages in AUR use the more predictable perl package naming scheme while the [extra] packages use a custom naming scheme (i.e. gtk2-perl, gnome-perl, etc). Please delete these packages: [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25815] perl-gnome2 [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25816] perl-gnome2-canvas [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25819] perl-gnome2-panelapplet [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25817] perl-gnome2-vfs [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25818] perl-gnome2-gconf [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25813] perl-gtk2 [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25822] perl-gtk2-gladexml [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25814] perl-pango [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25812] perl-glib [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25810] perl-cairo Thanks -- -Justin

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[aur-general] Acroread packages.
by Peter Lewis 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Hi folks, Does anyone know of a reason why the bin32- acroread packages can't be deleted? The standard acroread packages support both arches now. (Just thought I'd check I wasn't missing anything before getting trigger happy...) Cheers, Pete.

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[aur-general] delete package
by Joao Cordeiro 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

gnome-globalmenu-svn [1] Now using git [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21152

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[aur-general] Delete request
by 翁学天 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Please delete following package: fcitx-config: renamed to fcitx-configtool by upstream fcitx-config-git: upstream nolonger use git but hg fcitx-dbus-svn: upstream nolonger use svn but hg fcitx-sunpinyin-git: upstream nolonger use git but hg fcitx-svn: upstream nolonger use svn but hg fcitx-trunk-svn: upstream nolonger use svn but hg fcitx-utf8-svn: upstream nolonger use svn but hg Thanks :)

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[aur-general] delete request
by Gonzalo Seguel 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

please delete this package gtkhtml-editor: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42648 the content of this package now is part of gtkhtml package, and not be useful anymore thanks

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[aur-general] crafty and xfce4-volstatus-icon up for adoptions
by Allan McRae 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Hi, I no longer wish to maintain these packages in [community] so they are up for adoption. I will move them to the AUR in one week if no TU lets me know that they want to maintain them. crafty: A chess engine. The latest release gives heaps of compiler issues and my chess skills do not warrant playing against this so my motivation to fix is minimal... xfce4-valstatus-icon: Needs its source located. The link on its project page is dead and a _very_ brief search did not turn up anything. Allan

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[aur-general] RTL?
by Netanel Shine 28 Nov '10

28 Nov '10

Hey all, When we gonna see RTL in the AUR? the hebrew language cant be useful in the current status.

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[aur-general] Disown lib32-libdrm-git
by jesse jaara 28 Nov '10

28 Nov '10

Could you disown the lib32-libdrm-git package as it havent been updatet since march I have sent a updated pkgbuld a couple weeks ago and mailed abou it a week ago but havent got anykind of a reply. -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

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[aur-general] orphan request
by Xavier D. 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

Hello, Please orphan gmpc-libnotify (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14266) as the maintainer doesn't respond and doesn't update its package (for a long time now). Thanks in advance. BRs,

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[aur-general] Please delete peazip-portable-beta-gtk2
by Kevin Vesga 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

The maintainer (tuxspirit) has different packages meant to replace this and he/she supposedly already asked to have it deleted. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26243

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[aur-general] Removal request: pips-common
by CalimeroTeknik 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

Le 25/11/2010 08:30, aur-general-request(a)archlinux.org a écrit : > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:34 AM, CalimeroTeknik <calimeroteknik(a)free.fr> wrote: >> > The package pips-common was replaced by all the epson-inkjet* packages >> > and consequently can be removed. > Done. > > Should pips-common-32 be deleted as well? Yes, I verified that, it should be dropped as well. It's not useful anymore, it was designed for cups 1.3. Thank you !

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[aur-general] delete package
by Joao Cordeiro 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

fftw2double http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6936 Same as fftw2 at community. Thanks

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Re: [aur-general] MPD maintainer wanted + some apps
by Andrea Scarpino 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

Left: On 26 November 2010 02:12, Andrea Scarpino <andrea(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > * icecast > * kmldonkey > * kmplayer * konq-plugins > * krusader > * povray * sonata CC'ing aur ML -- Andrea Scarpino Arch Linux Developer

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[aur-general] kdemod* packages
by Andrea Scarpino 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

AFAIK, they have a separate distro and a separate AUR (CCR[1]). Shouldn't these[2] packages be removed from AUR? [1] http://chakra-project.org/ccr/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&K=kdemod&do_Search=Go&detail=1&C… -- Andrea Scarpino Arch Linux Developer

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[aur-general] My pacKages free for adoption
by Andrea Scarpino 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

Hi TUs, only let you know that these packages in [community] are now orphans: * audex * kaudiocreator * kgraphviewer * kim4 * knemo * kphotoalbum * kpovmodeler * krecipes * krename * kuickshow * skrooge * tagpy * tellico * yaz Thanks -- Andrea Scarpino Arch Linux Developer

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Re: [aur-general] [arch-dev-public] SDL and friends maintainer wanted
by Sven-Hendrik Haase 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

On 25.11.2010 15:47, Allan McRae wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking to stop maintaining SDL and related packages. These were > some of the first packages I adopted when joining the dev team and I > now really focus on other areas. Saying that, I do not think I have > had to touch one of these packages in ages, so it will be a low > maintenance burden for whoever takes it on (at least until SDL-1.4 is > finally released). The packages to be taken are: > > SDL: > sdl > sdl_gfx > sdl_image > sdl_mixer > sdl_net > sdl_pango > sdl_perl > sdl_sound > sdl_ttf > smpeg > > Related libraries/dependencies: > freealut > freeglut > ftgl > libmikmod > openal > speex > > Games for testing: > apricots > frozen-bubble > > > If no current developer wants to take these on, I can look at the > active people in the Arch Games project for recruitment (some are TUs > I think...). > > Allan > I'd take them, though I'm only a lowly TU, unable to maintain packages in [extra]! Oh, the shame! So, drop thy devine packages to [community] or else! -- Sven-Hendrik

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[aur-general] Deletion Requests
by notizblock 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Hi, i quickly looked at a lot of firefox related packages and i believe that a lot of them can be deleted. all of these are outdated and orphaned: [1] bin32-swiftweasel-athlon64 3.0.1-4 [2] firefox-china 2009.1-3 [3] firefox-china-addons 2009.1-4 [4] firefox-complete-pl 3.6.3-2 [5] firefox-i18n-beta 3.5b4-1 [6] firefox-i18n-uk 3.0.4-1 [7] firefox-imglikeopera 0.6.17-1 [8] firefox-optimized 3.0.11-1 [9] firefox-spell-en_us 3.0.3-1 [10] firefox-spell-es_ar 3.0.10-1 [11] firefox-spell-es_cl 3.0.3-1 [12] firefox-spell-es_es 3.0.10-1 [13] firefox-spell-fr_fr 3.0.3-1 [14] firefox-testing 3.6b5-1 [15] firefox-testing-src 3.6.3plugin1-1 [16] firefox2 2.0.0.16-1 [17] firefox2-spell-es_ar 2.0.0.16-1 [18] firefox2-spell-es_es 2.0.0.16-1 [19] icecat-zemberek 3.0.1g1-2 [20] swiftweasel-amd-pgo-de 3.5.1-1 [21] swiftweasel-amd-pgo-it-lns 3.5.3-3 [22] swiftweasel-amd64-k10-pgo 3.5.6-1 [23] swiftweasel-amd64-pgo 3.5.6-1 [24] swiftweasel-athlon64 3.5.6-1 [25] swiftweasel-athlon64-de 3.0-1 [26] swiftweasel-intel-pgo 3.5.6-1 [27] swiftweasel-intel-pgo-it-lns 3.5.3-5 [28] swiftweasel-intel64-pgo 3.5.6-1 [29] swiftweasel-nocona 2.0.0.15-1 [30] swiftweasel-nocona-es 3.0.1-1 [31] swiftweasel-prescott 2.0.0.15-1 [32] swiftweasel3-prescott 3.0RC2-1 out of date, but still have a maintainer: [33] firefox-qt-beta 3.5b4-1 [34] firefox-qt 3.6.3-2 (the comments say, that it can be deleted) [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18818 [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24912 [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24958 [4] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31785 [5] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24630 [6] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11442 [7] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26238 [8] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18090 [9] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21117 [10] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16509 [11] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20904 [12] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16510 [13] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21116 [14] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32162 [15] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32484 [16] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18992 [17] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18970 [18] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18969 [19] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19004 [20] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28130 [21] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30101 [22] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32203 [23] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26187 [24] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=12325 [25] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18405 [26] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20754 [27] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30109 [28] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20878 [29] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16075 [30] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20759 [31] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=12311 [32] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15695 [33] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26962 [34] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22050 regards, -- bbs: nblock aur: notizblock

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[aur-general] delete requests
by Joao Cordeiro 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

gnome-mount-lite [1] gnome-disk-utility replaces it mpich [2] and mpich2 [3] are the same. First one is outdated but probably has better naming. 1 should be deleted OR adopted by 2 maintainer (so that 2 can be removed) xautoclick-latest [4] should be removed because it is a dupe of xautoclick [5] (that was orphaned). I asked its maintainer to adopt the original package and update it. It was not updated yet. bargraph [6] I may be wrong but I believe this simply disappeared from the face of the internet. It has no packages dependents on it and may as well be deleted from aur too. programmers-dvorak [7] same as programmer-dvorak-console-map [8] but outdated and orphaned. Thanks in advance [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=36041 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=1502 [3] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=1503 [4] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39030 [5] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32264 [6] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7700 [7] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11203 [8] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42222

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Adam Hani Schakaki 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Hi, plese remove bug-buddy-gtk3 [1] since it is not needed anymore. Thanks Adam Hani Schakaki [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42690

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[aur-general] Package deletion
by jib 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Please delete package ttf-ubuntu-family-fonts http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41204 It is the same as package ttf-ubuntu-font-family (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41465) except it has the wrong version number (1.1 when source package is 0.69) It has been orphaned by the maintainer. Thanks

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[aur-general] Deletion Request: Gnaural duplicates
by SpepS 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Hi, gnaural-bbgen ==> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19995 is a duplicate of gnaural ==> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43882 Also gnaural/gnaural2 is an old naming convention since gnaural2 on http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnaural/files/ is located in the gnaural_old stuff. (latest gnaural2 version is 0.1.20080229b9) So gnaural2 ==> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15317 could be deleted too. Thanks

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[aur-general] Deletion Request
by notizblock 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

hi, out of date, orphaned: firefox-beta 3.6.4build6-1: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22244 bin32-swiftweasel-athlon64 3.0.1-4: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28070 bin32-firefox-es_ar 3.6.8-1: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31328 out of date, but still have a maintainer: thunderbird-branded-bin-sve 3.0-1: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33657 bin32-firefox-sv 3.5.7-1: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33655 regards, -- bbs: nblock aur: notizblock

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[aur-general] Removal request: pips-common
by CalimeroTeknik 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Hello ! The package pips-common was replaced by all the epson-inkjet* packages and consequently can be removed. It doesn't compile anymore, anyway. Thanks !

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[aur-general] About BURG packages
by H.Gökhan SARI 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Hello, There is a variety of burg-* packages on AUR: burg-bzr burg-bzr-fixed burg-emu-fixed burg-themes burg-themes-extras burg-themes-fixed the packages with *-fixed postfix are the working ones (There is a thread going on https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=100130) And the other packages (the packages other than burg-themes-extras, I didn't test it) are orphaned or not working -BTW, most of them aren't updated for a while-. I suggest removing burg-bzr, burg-themes and renaming fixed packages as deleted ones. And also, I'll test burg-themes-extras and let you know if it works. Thanks, -- H.Gökhan SARI hsa2(a)difuzyon.net

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[aur-general] cran2arch
by Oleg Smirnov 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Hi community, I have written a tool converting R CRAN packages into Arch package format. Idea and use case was heavly borrowed from cabal2arch. Source code: https://github.com/master/cran2arch AUR package: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43790 Few converted packages: https://github.com/master/rabs Suggestions & patches are welcome. -- Regards, Oleg Smirnov

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[aur-general] Deletion Request
by notizblock 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

out of date, project moved to git, replacement exists: beaver-cvs: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31985 regards, -- bbs: nblock aur: notizblock

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[aur-general] [deletion request] udev-systemd
by Dave Reisner 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

Please delete. Systemd support is now in testing/udev. thanks, dave

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[aur-general] Deletion Request
by notizblock 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

out of date, orphaned, already in [community] -python-impressive: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35026 regards -- bbs: nblock aur: notizblock

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[aur-general] Please Remove: perl-task-weaken
by Justin Davis 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Please delete the perl-task-weaken package [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41562] I was in a hurry and didn't notice it was in the community repo. Thanks, -- -Justin

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[aur-general] TUs: low disk space on sigurd
by Pierre Schmitz 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Hi TUs, just to let you know, that sigurd's hard drive is filled up to 82%. You should look for things to be cleaned up and please be more responsible with resources. Some packages are really large. Don't forget that a single package will need up to 4 times its size: two architectures, one source package and downloadable sources in the source cache dir. Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre

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[aur-general] Fixing packages with broken sources
by Pierre Schmitz 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Hello Devs and TUs, as you might know some licenses require providing the sources somehow. While fixing the sourceballs script which implements this I discovered quit a lot of broken PKGBUILDs. We really need to fix those asap as this also breaks ABS and makes rebuilds a real pain (and impossible to automate in future). I have setup a todo list which can be found at http://www.archlinux.org/todo/48/ (there are also links to the raw logs if you like to see why makepkg failed) Here is how to fix it: * If you just missed uploading a source file to svn there is no need to repackage; just add that file and run archrelease $repo-$arch And: use devtools in futuer which prevent such errors * If the checksum is wrong: Have a look why this happened! This might be a serious problem. You need to rebuild and rerelase the package with a new pkgrel of course. * Upstream source has moved. If the checksum is still the same, just update the source url and use archrelease. No need to repackage. * Upstream source is gone. If there is a new version, update to that. If that happens regulary or there is no releiable upstream source you should upload the source to ftp.archlinux.org/other/$pkgname. If the source file is quite big, let me know; so I can blacklist it as there is no need to mirror it twice. Also, let me know if there are any false positives. Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre

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[aur-general] oh-my-zsh PKGBUILD
by Tony 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Hi, I made a PKGBUILD from Robby Russell's oh-my-zsh <https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh> framework which helps manage your zsh configuration. There are over 40 themes with a handful of functions and auto-complete helpers available. It installs fine here, but in case you find something that should be modified, please provide some constructive input so I can submit this PKGBUILD to AUR. PKGBUILD: http://archlinux.pastebin.com/B3fyYkrp install file: http://archlinux.pastebin.com/1HpZXGwF Thanks, -- Tony

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[aur-general] Please resolve tap-plugins and tap-plugins-cvs
by Ng Oon-Ee 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hi, I just adopted tap-plugins[1], updated and cleaned it up. tap-plugins-cvs[2] should IN MY OPINION be deleted, it does not serve any purpose above tap-plugins (the description talks about bsb but the package does not actually provide it). The problem is that louderbox[3] depends on tap-plugins-cvs. How to resolve? Ideally I'd think [3] should depend on [1] and [2] deleted. I am cc-ing maintainer of [3] here. [1]http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=8361 [2]http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20098 [3]http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33604

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[aur-general] Please delete python-migrate
by Roberto Alsina 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

I am renaming it python2-migrate to match python2-slalchemy

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[aur-general] Orphan request
by Frikilinux 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hi, Could you orphan this package : regnum-online http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30621 The maintainer doesn't update, dont reply comments and i send an email two week ago without reply. Thanks.

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[aur-general] orphan request
by jib 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Could you please orphan the following package: humanity-icons (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30460) The maintainer doesn't correct a faulty PKGBUILD; comments have been posted, an email has been sent without a reply. Thanks

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[aur-general] How to manually add or remove packages from the repos
by Pierre Schmitz 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hi Devs and TUs. in same rare cases it is needed to manually add or remove packages from our repositories regardless what is in SVN. ATM theses cases are due to e.g. svn crashing and leaving us with an inconsitent state or when some split packages have been removed from a new version of the pkgbuild. However, using repo-add or repo-remove on the dbfiles is a bad idea as they don't lock the db files and don't set the correct permissions. In short, just don't even think about doing that. :-) I have added some simple wrapper which are /arch/db-repo-add and /arch/db-repo-remove. Usage is: * db-repo-add <pkgfile> <repo> <arch> * db-repo-remove <pkgname> <repo> <arch> with pkgname being a single package name (not pkgbase) and pkgfile the full path to a single package. arch is one of i686, x86_64 or any. Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Alessio Sergi 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Hi TUs, please remove pidgin-perl [1] because pidgin in [extra] is now built with perl support enabled by default [2]. Thanks in advance [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25500 [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/21749 -- Alessio Sergi

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[aur-general] Package removal request
by H.Gökhan SARI 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Hello, Can you please remove package 'pidgin-monocrome-tray-icons'. It's the package pidgin-monochrome-tray-icons with a typo :) -- H.Gökhan SARI hsa2(a)difuzyon.net

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[aur-general] Disown b43-tools-git.
by Konstantinos Karantias 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

b43-tools-git has various problems right now, and it hasn't been updated for almost a year, can someone disown it? -- Blog: http://www.gtklocker.com/

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[aur-general] Move pigeonhole to [community]?
by Peter Lewis 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Hi fellow TUs, Are there any objections if I move pigeonhole (dovecot sieve plugin) from the AUR to [community]? It's got 9 votes at the moment, but there's a potential problem in that if pigeonhole isn't built against the installed version of dovecot, mail delivery breaks. So, the idea would be to keep dovecot in [community] and depend on the current version of dovecot *only*. This way people can't update their system in such a way as to break mail delivery. This make sense to you? Cheers, Pete.

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Seblu 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

Can you remove rpm4 package, it's orphan, outdated and the package rpm-org is the same with a maintener. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24605 -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net

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[aur-general] DELETION REQUEST: g95-stable
by Eduardo Martins Lopes 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Hello all, I would like to request the deletion of the g95-stable package ( http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31466 ) for the author of the program has been not releasing non-stable packages for quite some time. Thanks in advance -- Eduardo Martins Lopes Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry Federal University of São Carlos

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[aur-general] deletion request
by Seblu 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

package: dnstracer Reson: Is in community link: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3229 -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net

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[aur-general] Deletion Request (thunar-volman-git-udev)
by Skyalmian Alcyone 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

"...anyway this package is not necessary anymore since the code is merged into thunar volman standard git repository..." - Berseker, August 06, 2010 The maintainer, killermoehre, dropped it on July 31, 2010 and this package is superseded by thunar-volman-git.

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Seblu 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Can you delete my last uploaded paclage kernel-rc. Name should be kernel26-rc. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43699 Regards, -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net

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[aur-general] deletion request
by Xavier Corredor Llano 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

hi, please delete this package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43683 hdf-eos5 contain it, therefore not necessary thanks -- Xavier Corredor Llano Bogotá - Colombia

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[aur-general] AUR helpers in [community]?
by Kaiting Chen 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Can AUR helpers go into [community]? `burp` and `cower` each have over ten votes and qualify, but I never see AUR helpers in binary form so I thought I would ask. --Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/

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[aur-general] Package sabnzbd-svn can be removed from AUR
by Jordy van Wolferen 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hey all, Package sabnzbd-svn can be removed from AUR, as sabnzbd is now using bzr. Regards, jordz

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[aur-general] need advice on package naming
by Hervé Cauwelier 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi, I packaged python-libgit2 but the upstream is dead. And a new Python binding was started by the same team than libgit2 itself. It's named pygit2. So I wonder whether I keep the same package but point to the new repository (and thus follow the Python naming convention) or I keep the upstream name for people to find it (and follow packages like pygobject). Is it more important to prefix Python packages with "python-" or to respect the upstream name. In the former, I'll write down "pygit2" in the package description. In the latter, I'll ask for my old package to be deleted. Thanks for your advice. -- Hervé Cauwelier

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[aur-general] Package splitting
by Gwenn Gueguen 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi all, I'm planning to package pf_ring for archlinux. pf_ring has several components: - Common kernel module - Several kernel drivers for some network cards - Userland lib and includes - Some pf_ring capable softwares (tcpdump, libpcap, snort...) I'm wondering how to split this into several packages... Does the following look OK? - pfring-module-svn for kernel module - pfring-driver-xxx-svn for kernel drivers (one per card driver: e1000e igb tg3 ...) - pfring-svn for userland (lib and includes) - snort-pfring-svn, tcpdump-pfring-svn... for pf_ring capable softwares (with conflicts=snort, conflicts=tcpdump...) Thanks, -- Gwenn

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[aur-general] delete packages
by Joao Cordeiro 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

I think all of these packages should be deleted: iolang (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42613) dupe of iolanguage vimspell (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=465) upstream itself advises to stop using it since vim7 has a better native spellchecker mkvtoolnix-patched (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41906) "A permanent official solution has been included in the new v4.4 upstream release. So this package no longer has any reason to exist." floola (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16267) OR bin32-floola ( http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18717) both provide the same (outdated) bin package. One of them should be deleted (second one is the dupe but has better naming...) searchsploit-svn (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38759) gone (?)

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[aur-general] Does anyone maintain ImgToPs?
by Leonid Isaev 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi, I am going to maintain imgtops (http://imgtops.sourceforge.net/) which is a graphic format conversion tool, useful to make large *.{eps,jpg,...} files intended for inclusion into LaTeX fit the http://arXiv.org standards. I don't think it exists anywhere in Arch, but just to be safe: Does anyone already maintain it, perhaps under a different name? Thanks.

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[aur-general] zint qt optional dep
by Joao Cordeiro 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

I just adopted and updated zint. Zint checks for qt and installs both zint and zint-qt if it is found. Otherwise, it just installs zint. I don't believe this to be the optimal approach. Even if I have qt installed, it doesn't necessarily means that I want zint-qt. Despite that fact, I don't want to package zint with its original name, installing less stuff than the developer does and more importantly, removing features to users that installed previous versions of the package through AUR. My first idea was to create zint-noqt, implicitly leaving zint-qt behind. Is this the best way for me to solve this? Removing qt from the main package seems intrusive to me. Thanks in advance, Joao Cordeiro

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[aur-general] [community] repository cleanup
by Andrea Scarpino 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi TUs, we are here again. After the success with [extra] (DEVs adopted ~80 packages, TUs ~60), I want to reduce the number of orphans packages in [community]. Actually, they are 84 (82, I just adopted two...). The list is here[1]. Simply cross out the package which you want to maintain in [community]. Adoption is not required, but would be nice. Packages will be moved to AUR this Saturday 20th. Thanks [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Community_Repo_Cleanup -- Andrea Scarpino Arch Linux Developer

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[aur-general] Various new packages in [community]
by Gaetan Bisson 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Dear TUs, I'm Gaetan, a (discreet) junior dev, mentored by Allan. I recently got access to sigurd and thought I would use that opportunity to maintain in [community] a few packages I have been maintaining on the AUR so far, but which are just a bit too unpopular to go to [extra]: pari (fast advanced calculator) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19196 dnstracer (DNS diagnosis tool) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3229 collectd (performance collecting daemon) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2341 They have over thirty votes each. Is it okay by everyone? Cheers. -- Gaetan

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Masato Hashimoto 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi, Please remove libreoffice-langpack-ja[1] due to the libreoffice-ja is provided on extra. And I think many of libreoffice l10n packages on AUR are unnecessary anymore. Thanks [1]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42140 -- HASHIMOTO, Masato

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[aur-general] AUR Improvement Thread
by Kaiting Chen 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

How can we make the AUR even better? I'll start: 1. Integrated distributed version control system 2. User provided binaries (if case anyone wants to volunteer) (this should probably be carefully controlled) 3. Time-adjusted 'relevance' measure (votes are useful but suck at the same time; nobody cares if a packages was upvoted 9000+ times a million years ago, especially if it's already been obsoleted by something else) 4. An official client 5. LDAP support because LDAP makes everything so much better --Kaiting -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/

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[aur-general] Please delete qtile dups
by Ng Oon-Ee 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

qtile-new-git http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40921 bavardage-qtile-git http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23760 The first, package maintainer admitted he wrongly uploaded it, he currently maintains qtile-git The second, I have no idea where its from, but its circa 2009, references the same project webpage but a different source. Its uploaded by 'bavardage', who also owns that github branch... but no activity since early 2009

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Alessio Sergi 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi TUs, please remove plasma-ihatethecashew-plasmoid [1]. It's replaced by ihatethecashew-plasmoid [2] now. Thanks in advance [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20648 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43677 -- Alessio Sergi

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[aur-general] What to do about raggle?
by Kaiting Chen 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

I'm maintaining raggle in [unsupported] and it seems to be broken despite my attempts to patch it as best I can. The project has been abandoned upstream since 2005, and I don't think ruby-ncurses which it depends on really even works. I would delete it except that it has 75 votes. What to do? Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/

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[aur-general] delete packages
by Joao Cordeiro 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

starcal-new (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32486) starcal-last (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35941) The user was creating a new package every time a new version came out. Since the original starcal was orphaned I updated it and fixed the problem with python (that all the three had.) I think these two should be deleted, even though starcal-new is not orphaned. nppangband-newest (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34119) Duplicate of nppangband from extra. rainlendar-beta (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16491) rainlendar-light is now on version 2.7, rainlendar-beta-unstable is on 2.8.b98. The two of them completely replace it. liferea-dev (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23759) Completely outdated. liferea, liferea-git and liferea-unstable are all up to date, replacing -dev.

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[aur-general] removal
by jwbirdsong 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Please remove webilder http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3708. WAYYYY out-dated and replace by webilder-applet http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16807. I _may_ re-upload under original name when/if I get webilder-applet package working 100%

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[aur-general] Who wants a cloak on IRC?
by Jan Steffens 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

2010/11/11 Ángel Velásquez <angvp(a)archlinux.org>: > > +1 cloaks I need one too and some new TUs are needing cloaks too :-) > Okay, I'm making a list for Aaron of TUs or devs who want a cloak. I need the IRC nicks. Please answer to this mail or Jabber (jan.steffens(a)gmail.com)

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[aur-general] delete package
by Joao Cordeiro 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37737 Maintainer asked for it. Also, theres this package to replace it: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26910 Thanks in advance Joao Cordeiro

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[aur-general] why the latex-beamer package?
by Rémy Oudompheng 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hello, A latex-beamer package seems to have entered [community] recently. Is that an error ? The beamer package for LaTeX is already included in texlive-core, and moreover this package seems to depend on tetex (!) and installs files in the middle of the texlive tree. Regards, Rémy.

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[aur-general] Delete Request
by Ivo Senner 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Well, please remove qutim-otr-git (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43571) I've replaced it by qutim-plugin-otr-git (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43633) to keep the naming convention used by other qutim plugins rather then just use the git-name ;) Cheers,

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[aur-general] Delete request
by Dan Vrátil 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Please remove akonadi-svn [1]. It is replaced by akonadi-git [2] now. Thanks [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16891 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43632 -- -- Dan Vrátil vratil(a)progdansoft.com Tel: +4202 732 326 870 Jabber: progdan(a)jabber.cz Tento email neobsahuje žádné viry, protože odesílatel nepoužívá Windows. / This email does not contain any viruses because the sender does not use Windows.

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Re: [aur-general] [arch-dev-public] [extra] repository cleanup
by Andrea Scarpino 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

On Saturday 13 November 2010 14:46:30 Andrea Scarpino wrote: > Nice, today we have 291 orphans packages in [extra] (they were 352 three > days ago). 62 will be moved to [community]. 127 to AUR. > > I didn't expect this success. I can start moving them today if you agree. > > Full lists: > > <COMMUNITY> > abuse > agg > alltray > antiword > arch > bomberclone > cdcd > cddb_get > centerim > chntpw > devil > dia > distcc > dmenu > dopewars > elinks > enigma > epdfview > fftw2 > gdk-pixbuf > gocr > httptunnel > libnids > librep > libvisual-projectm > mailman > motion > ngrep > ntop > nvclock > patchutils > prboom > prelink > privoxy > projectm > pyogg > python-cheetah > python-eyed3 > python-sqlobject > pyvorbis > qgit > quilt > rep-gtk > sawfish > silly > slmodem > slmodem-utils > spidermonkey > squashfs-tools > tor > twinkle > unarj > wmii > words > wput > xboard > xdialog > xemacs > xemacs-base > xemacs-sumo > xosd > xskat > </COMMUNITY> > > <AUR> > 3ddesktop > acct > acidrip > afterstep > autofs > biogrep > biopython > blassic > bonnie++ > bootchart > came > ccrtp > ccscript3 > cdlabelgen > cdtool > colortail > commoncpp2 > corewars > cpudyn > cpufreqd > crimson > cssed > culmus > dbh > ding > dvdbackup > eboard > ed2k-gtk-gui > evms > flite > galculator > gcal > gcombust > gdeskcal > gdesklets > gift > gift-fasttrack > gift-gnutella > gift-openft > gimp-fourier > glabels > gmencoder > gnomeicu > gpart > graveman > gtick > gtk1-engines > gtkam > gtklp > gtk-smooth-engine > gtkterm > gtk-theme-switch > gxine > hexcurse > hping > httrack > hugs98 > icmake > imwheel > ipvsadm > irda-utils > jed > joe > jpilot > lesstifextensions > libexif-gtk > libixp > libmal > libmusepack > libnjb > libsexymm > libzrtpcpp > lincity > linuxdcpp > luola > moon-buggy > moon-lander > mp3blaster > mrxvt > ne > netselect > pal > pan > parprouted > pebrot > pinball > planner > pure-ftpd > python-vpython > qof > qstat > rbldnsd > revelation > rockdodger > root-tail > rpmunpack > screem > seed > smtpprox > spamassassin-spamc > swatch > sylpheed > synergy > tcdr > tcptraceroute > tcsh > thttpd > tin > tpb > transset > ttf-isabella > ubuntulooks > uml_utilities > vacation > vconfig > viewglob > webalizer > wmix > x2vnc > xbl > xdrawchem > xfsdump > xpyb > xqf > xtermcontrol > xzgv > yodl > </AUR> Everything moved except mailman which I want to keep in [extra] and ding which Stefan wants to maintain in [community]. TUs please adopt your packages and thanks! -- Andrea Scarpino Arch Linux Developer

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[aur-general] Delete request
by Wanton 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

wesnoth-unstable (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30580) Obsolete and duplicate wesnoth-devel (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9600) -- Regards, Wanton

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[aur-general] Please Remove: perl-catalyst-plugin-cache-memcached
by Justin Davis 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Please remove the perl-catalyst-plugin-cache-memcached package because it has been deprecated upstream. AUR link: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25759 CPAN page shows it is deprecated: http://search.cpan.org/~bobtfish/Catalyst-Plugin-Cache-Memcached-0.8/lib/Ca… Thanks! -- -Justin

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Seblu 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

conntrack package is "out-of-date", orphans and replaced by conntrack-tools http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=5960 Regards, -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net

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[aur-general] deletion request
by masutu Subric 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Hi, can you please delete python3-pyephem ( http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32966) The python3 package is now named python-pyephem, i created another package for python2 called python2-pyephem. masutu

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Ian-Xue Li 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

These scripts was wrote by me and is no longer used, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29166 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29689 please delete them. -- Li Ian-Xue http://b4283.ath.cx

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[aur-general] packages to remove
by Joao Cordeiro 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

- brainworkshop-source (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37536) "Comment by: prurigro on Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:53:22 +0000 This package is no longer required and will no longer be maintained, as the brainworkshop package @ http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25593 now provides the same thing." - get-flash-videos-svn (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28695) get-flash-videos now uses git - basket2-git (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24550) "Comment by: mtorromeo on Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:40:28 +0000 basket-git has a cleaner PKGBUILD and the package name is also more appropriate. this one should be removed IMHO" Thanks in advance

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[aur-general] deletion request
by masutu Subric 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hi, can you please delete these packages: ns_broadway 2006-1 (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6350) ns_kit7free 2006-1 (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6354) ns_minikit 2006-1 (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6351) ns_piano 2006-1 (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6352) These soundfonts/sample packs do not exist any more (at least not for free). Thanks, masutu

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[aur-general] Remove pks
by jesse jaara 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

These packages can be removed lib32-ati-dri-git lib32-libgl-git -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

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[aur-general] Orphan request
by Clément Démoulins 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hi, Could you orphan the packages : - python-yenc [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7743] - tvnamer-git [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=36535] The maintainers doesn't update after the migration to python 3. I post comments and i send an email 1 week ago without reply. Thanks Clément Démoulins

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[aur-general] Fwd: Lib32 and Bin32 pkgs
by jesse jaara 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

I think we should start a campaign for converting the lib32 and bit32 pkgs to new multilib compliant format. So instead if downloading the 32bit version from the i686 repos build the package from source whit -m32 and gcc-multilib. -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.) -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)

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[aur-general] graphviz perl module package
by Antonio Lucas 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

Hi, I did this PKGBUILD for graphviz, and I think it is OK. But I would like someone more experienced (I never did a PKGBUILD) took a look and tell me if it is really OK and I can upload it to aur. I based it on this sample found on the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Perl_Policy#Sample_Vendor_PKGBUILD thanks in advice abracos Antonio Lucas

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[aur-general] move acerhk to [unsupported]?
by Christopher Brannon 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

It won't build against kernel 2.6.36. There hasn't been a release in a long time. According to the homepage, the upstream author is no longer actively supporting it. IMHO, it should move. I could make more of an effort to patch it if someone is *really* interested. -- Chris

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Xavier D. 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi, Could you delete this package: notify-osd-xfce-bzr (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31872) as its orphan, redundant with notify-osd-xfconf-bzr (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31934) and not working anymore. Thanks,

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[aur-general] [deletion request] nvidia-opencl-headers
by Stéphane Gaudreault 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Could you please remove the nvidia-opencl-headers package ? http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42430 It is no longer needed as these headers are availables again in nvidia-utils. Thanks, Stéphane

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[aur-general] to maintain or not to maintain... the maintainer doesn't any more.
by Martti Kühne 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Aurel Canciu <aurelcanciu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > I'm really sorry, I forgot about that account and no longer have access to > it unfortunately, I will send a message to aur-general to remove it. Thanks > for notifying me! > I will email you when that account will get removed so you can 'adopt' that > package. > Have a nice day and sorry for the delay! > Hello list the package salasaga is out of date and the maintainer has a bad email address. Obviously, he's no longer interested in maintaining the package as well. Please disown, I'll adopt and update. mar77i

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[aur-general] [deletion request] gimp-mathmap-13
by Uli Armbruster 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Hi I just discovered this package http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43383 We have this plugin in the repos and the newer version is about to come in, so nobody needs this package in the AUR. It even doesn't work, because doxygen is needed in makedepends (this is also missing in the official PKGBUILD, I'll tell Geoffroy ;) ) Merci

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[aur-general] [extra] repository cleanup
by Andrea Scarpino 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hi DEVs/TUs, currently we have 700 (counting both arches and any) orphans packages in [extra]. As member of the orphans team, I made a list[1] of these packages and I'd like to move them to Unsupported. If some DEV wants to keep a package simply cross it out (adoption is not required, but it would be nice) or reply to this mail. If some TU wants to maintain a package in [community], please write the name into the "Candidate to [community]" section, *DO NOT* cross it out. Or reply to this mail. I think that a week is enough time for this job. 17th November I will move the remaining packages to Unsupported and the candidates to [community]. Cheers [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Repo_Cleanup -- Andrea Scarpino Arch Linux Developer

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[aur-general] OPIE Packages
by Stefan J. Betz 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hello, i want to upgrade these Packages: * opie-server * opie-client * libpam-opie I will also fix these Packages for amd64 Support. Greetings Betz Stefan -- URL : http://blog.stefan-betz.net | http://www.stefan-betz.net GPG : E188 933B BC00 723A 9DB0 0CD3 1398 E68B 6F33 567E XMPP: stefan(a)jabber.stefan-betz.net

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[aur-general] Delete orphan package
by Joao Cordeiro 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

I think this package (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14908) should be deleted. The maintainer orphaned it since it is deprecated and now included in other package (see maintainer comment). Thanks in advance

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[aur-general] Proposal: Mass AUR Cleanup (Discussion Period)
by Jakob Gruber 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

In response to Louis objections about skipping the discussion period, I'm posting the full text of the proposal below. It has been altered from the original text to incorporate Xynes idea of adding the 'last maintainer activity rule. Sorry for making you guys vote twice. This marks the beginning of the discussion period. --------------------------------------------- Hi TUs, recently I had a look at the AUR db to see if we could do some mass cleanups (see my mail at aur-general [1]). ------------------------------ Orphan candidates ------------------------------ Packages which are marked 'out of date' but the last package action (submission or modification) AND the maintainers last action (across all of his packages) are before January 1st, 2009. So, Out of date = TRUE AND Last package action < 20090101 AND Last maintainer action < 20090101 http://pastebin.com/e5qJxBUs (335 packages in the most recent DB dump - results may vary a little when querying the actual db) Valid objections in reply to [1] (and any other related threads) would be excluded. While many of these packages are probably candidates for deletion, the only safe thing to do en masse is to orphan them. Please vote 'yes' if you agree with orphaning these packages and 'no' if you disagree. [1] http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2010-September/010999.ht…

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[aur-general] TU Application
by Kaiting Chen 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hi aur-general, my name is Kaiting Chen and Xyne has decided to sponsor me for my TU application. I'm twenty one years old and a senior at Duke University studying Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Economics. I have also been a web developer and systems administrator for about four years now and am currently working on a rather long and protracted project for the university. I have been using Linux on a daily basis for about seven years now starting with Red Hat Linux, then Debian, Gentoo and finally Arch Linux for the last three years. And I use C, C++, x86 ASM, Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, and Javascript on a daily basis. I have Arch installed on four servers in total as well as on one virtual machine. I'm not ashamed to admit that I run a Windows 7 notebook as my only physical computer; though it's only role these days is to not bother me while I SSH into my Linux machines. I maintain a small cluster running Arch where I hand out free shell accounts to anyone who wants them. Currently this cluster has one hundred and twenty five users though I am in the process of updating its infrastructure to (hopefully) scale up to a couple thousand. The most important services on this cluster are/were glusterfs, nfs, ntpd, httpd, vsftpd, postfix, dovecot, postgresql, ejabberd, slapd, openvpn, memcached, pvpgn (this list is being updated quite often). I currently maintain thirty packages in the AUR, most of which I do not use but would be unhappy in seeing them orphaned. I would like to become a Trusted User simply because I would like to maintain packages more effectively. Recently there's been a thread on aur-general about the possible removal of hundreds of packages from [community] which makes me very worried. Packages such as cacti, courier-*, ejabberd, freeradius*, ipsec-tools, monit, roundcubemail, scilab, and *ircd are very important to people who run Arch on the server such as myself. This list evinces a fundamental problem however that there is simply not enough manpower to maintain the current repositories. Because I am able (or hopefully will be deemed so by the powers that be/grant TU priveleges) I would like to help alleviate this condition. Arch allows me to focus on the work that I do; it should be obvious that helping to ensure that Arch functions smoothly and efficiently is a necessary task for anyone who has made this distribution a valuable part of their workflow. In more concrete terms of how I want to contribute, I would like to start by adopting python-openbabel, freeimage, metakit, gen2shp, tdl, python-bsddb, and other orphaned packages in [community] once I have the chance to take a closer look at the orphan list. I'd also like to pull smalltalk, burp, bti, liboauth, and vim-align into [community]. I would also like to work on bringing some of the packages in [community] up to date such as rsyslog, pyinotify, openntpd, and ngspice. I would also like to work on maintain the Arch web presence. I think that a separate login is needed for each part of the site is something that should be fixed. The AUR is also somewhat outdated and I in large part agree with the page here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_2. That's about all I can think of for now. Please feel free to ask any questions and thanks for taking the time to consider my application. Kaiting. -- Kiwis and Limes: http://kaitocracy.blogspot.com/

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[aur-general] determining inverse AUR dependencies of binary packages
by Christopher Brannon 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Hi all, I'll start this discussion with an example of the problem. I notice that python-sqlalchemy is about to change in [community]. Most of the packages which depend on it will need to change their dependency to python2-sqlalchemy. This is handled quite nicely for packages in the binary repositories. If you do a package search on www.archlinux.org, you'll see which packages require python-sqlalchemy. Likewise, it is easy to get a list of [unsupported] packages which require a given package from [unsupported]. However, I don't know of a way to get a list of [unsupported] packages which require a given package from the binary repositories. If it were possible to build such lists, we could contact maintainers of [unsupported] packages, in order to inform them of upcoming changes which require their attention. -- Chris

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[aur-general] Delete wireshark-devel?
by Simon Legner 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

wireshark-devel [1] is a very outdated package (1.0.8 instead of 1.4.1 from extra). We should consider to delete it. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27349

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[aur-general] Delete package
by Joel Goguen 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hello all, I had created four packages on AUR; chromium-browser-inspector-bin, chromium-browser-l10n-bin and chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-bin since the versions I found depended on only the dev channel Chromium package, and then chromium-browser-beta-bin to give these packages one to depend on. I've since learned that this isn't the way it should be done, so I'm requesting that a TU delete these four packages and I'll go to the maintainers of the existing packages to ask for beta channel packages. The package links are: chromium-browser-inspector-bin: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42722 chromium-browser-l10n-bin: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42725 chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-bin: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42726 chromium-browser-beta-bin: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42720 -- Joel Goguen

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[aur-general] github switched to SSL everywhere
by Chris van Dijk 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Recently github switched over to using SSL for their entire website [1]. Currently wget does not accept the wildcard *.github.com in the certificate: $ wget http://github.com/ --2010-11-06 15:45:12-- http://github.com/ Resolving github.com... 207.97.227.239 Connecting to github.com|207.97.227.239|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: https://github.com/ [following] --2010-11-06 15:45:12-- https://github.com/ Connecting to github.com|207.97.227.239|:443... connected. ERROR: certificate common name `*.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `github.com'. To connect to github.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'. This can be solved/worked around by passing --no-check-certificate to wget, something that makepkg does by default (DLAGENTS in /etc/makepkg.conf) _only_ for sources with the protocol https://. It does not do this for http sources, and of course does not know about any redirects to https. So my question is, what is the recommended course of action here, updating all PKGBUILDs that grab from github to point to the https source? Or is it wget's problem and we should just wait for an update? It has been fixed in wget's git repo but not released yet [2]. FYI: This is known to the github people, and they consider it wget's issue [3]. [1] https://github.com/blog/738-sidejack-prevention-phase-2-ssl-everywhere [2] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?20421 [3] http://support.github.com/discussions/repos/4702-cannot-download-via-wget-a…

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[aur-general] Delete request
by widomaker2k7＠gmail.com 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

Hello, please delete cid-svn and tvdownloader-svn # cid-svn [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40062 remplace by [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42696 # tvdownloader*svn [3] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40330 remplace by [4] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42697 Thanks you.

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[aur-general] Orphan request
by Xavier D. 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Hi, Could you orphan the following package as the maintainer doesn't respond and doesn't upgrade a package that is outdated since a long time now : thunar-devel (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20771) ? BRs,

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[aur-general] Delete request
by Christos Nouskas 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Please, delete kernel26-pf-p4 which is an accidental duplicate of kernel26-pf: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42310 -- X.

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[aur-general] disown request
by Gonzalo Seguel 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

please disown this packages ido: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34437 libindicate: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32049 utouch-geis: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40334 theese packages won't be updated and the mantainers not responds

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[aur-general] packages of user ydossow
by Christian Scharkus 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Hello. Primary I write this mail because the package lib32-xulrunner is outdated and the old source isn't there anymore. So please disown this package. I have not written a mail to ydossow about this because he seems to have time to make new packages (like qffmpeg-libs) and update some (like 389-console). Beside that it seems there are some duplicates like celt051 and celt0.5.1 that are used by some of his and other packages. Greetings Raubkopierer

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[aur-general] [Delete request] javaloic
by solsTiCe d'Hiver 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

hi javaloic page on sourceforge seems to have been deleted. So I assume the project is dead (?) and the package ought to be deleted (?) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40867 The latest incarnation of LOIC is found on github here is a PKGBUILD for anyone willing to put it on AUR ================================================================ # Contributor: solsTiCe d'Hiver <solstice.dhiver(a)gmail.com> pkgname=loic-git pkgver=20101104 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Low Orbit Ion Cannon - An open source network stress tool" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="http://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC" license=('custom:Public Domain') depends=('mono') makedepends=('git' 'monodevelop') provides=('loic') replaces=('loic') source=() md5sums=() _gitroot="https://github.com/NewEraCracker/LOIC.git" _gitname="LOIC" build() { cd "$srcdir" msg "Connecting to GIT server...." if [ -d $_gitname ] ; then cd $_gitname && git pull origin msg "The local files are updated." else git clone $_gitroot $_gitname fi msg "GIT checkout done or server timeout" msg "Starting make..." rm -rf "$srcdir/$_gitname-build" git clone "$srcdir/$_gitname" "$srcdir/$_gitname-build" cd "$srcdir/$_gitname-build" # # BUILD HERE # mdtool build mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/{bin,lib/LOIC} cp LOIC.ico $pkgdir/usr/lib/LOIC #cp -a Resources $pkgdir/usr/lib/LOIC install -m755 bin/Debug/LOIC.exe $pkgdir/usr/lib/LOIC install -m755 bin/Debug/log4net.dll $pkgdir/usr/lib/LOIC install -m755 bin/Debug/IRC.dll $pkgdir/usr/lib/LOIC cat > $pkgdir/usr/bin/loic << EOB #!/bin/bash cd /usr/lib/LOIC exec mono LOIC.exe "$@" EOB chmod 755 $pkgdir/usr/bin/loic } ================================================================ not fully tested i.e. flood attack

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[aur-general] Request to maintain OpenSCAD
by Atrus 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

I see that the openSCAD package is orphaned. Could I be given the role of maintainer? Thanks, Tim

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[aur-general] [Delete Request] firefox-spell-pt-br
by Robson Roberto Souza Peixoto 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Please, remove the firefox-spell-pt-br http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7772 With the hunspell-pt-br, the firefox-spell-pt-br it isn't necessary. -- Robson Roberto Souza Peixoto Robinho robsonpeixoto(a)gmail.com Computer Science Master's degree student, University of Campinas Arch Linux Brasil Developer - http://archlinux-br.org Linux Counter #395633 IRC: robsonpeixoto Twitter: http://twitter.com/rrspba github: https://github.com/robsonpeixoto

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Re: [aur-general] Duplicate Packages for "hudson"
by Christian Scharkus 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

I didn't have a look at the packages and so I don't know wether they are apps or leibs but in Carsten of leibs the naming pattern java-* should be prefered imho (debian-like) Greetings Christian Scharkus Am 04.11.2010 09:17 schrieb "Stefan Husmann" <stefan-husmann(a)t-online.de>: Am 04.11.2010 08:46, schrieb Stefan J. Betz: > Good Morning, > > hudson and java-hudson are the same Package. Can anyone please remove > java-hu... Hello, the same is true for http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31630 and http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32080 (nexus and java-nexus). Same maintainers as with hudson and java hudson here, btw. I deleted the "out of date" ones. Stefan

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[aur-general] Duplicate Packages for "hudson"
by Stefan J. Betz 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Good Morning, hudson and java-hudson are the same Package. Can anyone please remove java-hudson? Greetings Betz Stefan

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[aur-general] [Delete Request] pygoogle
by notizblock 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hi, pygoogle[1] is dead: „Unfortunately, Google no longer supports the SOAP API for search, nor do they provide new license keys. In a nutshell, PyGoogle is pretty much dead at this point“[2]. The current version was released on 2004-02-26 [3]. I maintained it, because it had been a dependency for w3af until now. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26050 [2] http://pygoogle.sourceforge.net/ [3] http://sourceforge.net/projects/pygoogle/ regards, Florian -- bbs: nblock aur: notizblock

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Re: [aur-general] Orphan request
by Peter Lewis 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hi Alexander, On Wednesday 03 November 2010 09:58:38 Alexander Rødseth wrote: > Could you orphan maniadrive > (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=5344) It has not been updated > since the 7th of Mars 2007 and the maintainer does not respond to emails. > Thanks in advance. This guy has a lot of packages, none of which have been updated in the last couple of years, from what I can see (and most flagged out of date too). How long did you leave it after emailing him? I orphaned this one, but will these all not be caught in the bulk orphaning thing we agreed recently? (Has that happened yet?) Cheers, Pete.

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[aur-general] Orphan request
by Alexander Rødseth 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hi, Could you orphan maniadrive (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=5344) It has not been updated since the 7th of Mars 2007 and the maintainer does not respond to emails. Thanks in advance. - Alexander Rødseth

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[aur-general] Delete / Orphan request
by kevku 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hi Req to orphan following packages, emailed maintainer no reply so far. libp11 libxml-security-c xsd libdigidoc-svn libdigidocpp-svn qdigidoc-svn qesteidutil-svn smartcardpp-svn and deletion of following packages due to renaming and structure changes in the software opensc-esteid firefox-esteid-svn Extra information: Official goverment backed version: https://installer.id.ee/manualinstall_eng.htm Community fork: http://code.google.com/p/esteid/

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[aur-general] Orphan request
by Xavier D. 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hi, Could you orphan pjproject (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=12848) as it's no more updated by the maintainer and he doesn't respond to emails. Thanks in advance. BRs

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[aur-general] aur website default ssl
by Ionuț Bîru 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hi, we are now using default https for aur.archlinux.org. Some aur helpers may need adjustment, others like cower/slurpy already works as expected. Kudos for their maintainers for following the aur development -- Ionuț

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[aur-general] [google-talkplugin] How to build an older version of openssl
by Denis A. Altoé Falqueto 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hello, guys. Google Talk Plugin for GMail is not working anymore for me (and others...) because it relies on libssl.so.0.9.8. But for my surprise, the binary GoogletalkPlugin is a 32 bits executable, even for the 64 bits package. It comes right after the original deb package, provided by Google. To make things short, I tried to "downgrade" the lib32-openssl PKGBUILD to version 0,9,8n. It compiles fine, but the resulting libraries (libcrypto.so.0.9.8 and libssl.so.0.9,8) are ELF64, when they should be ELF32. You can view the PKGBUILD in http://pastebin.com/04xsippr So, should I need a 32 bits chroot for that? Shouldn't the multilib compiler be enough? -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto Linux user #524555 -------------------------------------------

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[aur-general] wacom packages up for adoption
by M. Rawash 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

well, my laptop got stolen, so I don't think i can keep maintaining these packages for the time being: linuxwacom (obsolete): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16912 linuxwacom-dev (obsolete): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25238 xf86-input-wacom-git: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32033 tablet-apps: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19783 cheers, M Rawash

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[aur-general] Rename wouxun to own
by Vitaliy Berdinskikh 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

Hi! Please rename wouxun to owx Info: http://www.baseciq.org/2010/07/17/wouxun-linux-utility see last comment http://owx.chmurka.net -- Виталий Бердинских UR6LAD 73 & 72!

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[aur-general] Cleaning up aqpm / shaman packages
by Jakob Gruber 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

I'd like to remove a few old and broken aqpm / shaman packages. AFAIK, the only working packages in the AUR are aqpm-git[1] and shaman-svn[2] Candidates for removal (depend on an old version of libalpm and don't build anymore): shaman [3] shaman1-git [4] aqpm [5] libaqpm-git [6] Additionally, the following pkgs depend on shaman, I'm not sure what to do with these: shaman-plasma [7] shaman-plasma-svn [8] Any thoughts / objections? [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40830 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40831 [3] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15422 [4] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29028 [5] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29600 [6] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25472 [7] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19166 [8] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19165

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[aur-general] Remove old TOMOYO Packages
by Stefan J. Betz 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

Hello, the following TOMOYO related packages are out of date and no longer maintained in AUR: ccs-tools -> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 -> Only useful for old patched kernels kernel26-tomoyo -> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 -> 2.6.31.* is real old, TOMOYO 2.* is already in upstream kernels! nvidia-tomoyo -> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 -> Only useful with kernel26-tomoyo Greetings Betz Stefan

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[aur-general] Remove request: liferea-svn
by Alexander 'hatred' Drozdoff 30 Oct '10

30 Oct '10

Hi guys! Liferea project switch to git instead svn. PKGBUILD for git already present in AUR, so package liferea-svn[1] can be removed. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13568 -- WBR Alexander Drozdov FIDO: 2:5045/41.84 Site: http://hatred.homelinux.net Site: http://archlinux.org.ru

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[aur-general] deletion request: kernel26-systemd
by Dave Reisner 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Please delete the kernel26-systemd package. It set some flags that are no longer necessary with Arch's 2.6.36 build. thanks, dave reisner

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[aur-general] New Trusted User: Lukas Fleischer
by Loui Chang 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Hello TUs With 21 yes, 0 no, and 4 abstains out of 27 active members, we have a 92.5% quorum and a new Trusted User! Lukas please follow the steps described in the Trusted User Guidelines for new members. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines#TODO_list_f… Congrats and welcome!

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[aur-general] pkgstats and unused [community] packages
by Christopher Brannon 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

I've been polling <https://archlinux.de/?page=PackageStatistics> regularly for several weeks, and I've noticed that roughly 50% of the packages in [community] are not installed by anyone. Can we get a list of these unused packages? Would it be a good idea to start moving them to [unsupported]? -- Chris

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[aur-general] Delete ratm
by Sebastian Schwarz 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Hello, Please delete my package [ratm][1] as upstream is not available since a very long time. Thanks, Sebastian [1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22406

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[aur-general] mysql-workbench-latest deletion
by Cédric Girard 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Hi, mysql-workbench-latest [1] is an outdated duplicate of mysql-workbench [2] in [community]. Please delete. Thanks [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38100 [2] http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/mysql-workbench/ -- Cédric Girard

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[aur-general] dropping qtjambi-community
by Riccardo Ferrazzo 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

qtjamby-community was replaced by qtjamby, those two packages refers to the same version of the same program

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[aur-general] Please delete python2-openerp-client
by Hervé Cauwelier 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

Please delete python2-openerp-client 5.0.14-1 [1]. I set it up from a request, but then the maintainer of the original package [2] gave it to me. Switching to Python 3 is not yet possible but I don't think keeping "python2" in the name is a good idea as it is not a library. I added a "conflicts" in the new version to smooth the transition. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42178 [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26582 Thanks. -- Hervé Cauwelier

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[aur-general] deletion request
by Gonzalo Seguel 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

please delete this packages * * *qgtkstyle-svn* *reason: qgtk now is part of kde, and this svn don't be moved anymore* http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16964 yapos this proyect is down, the script is obsolete http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39367 kdropbox kdropbox was now called kfilebox, and kfilebox was uploaded in the aur already and works fine http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=36752 tanks folks

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[aur-general] deletion request: nickle
by Dave Reisner 26 Oct '10

26 Oct '10

Please delete the package 'nickle'. It was pushed to extra less than 24 hours after I posted my package. In related news, beware of JGC: he's magical. d

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[aur-general] Orphan Request: portmidi
by SpepS 26 Oct '10

26 Oct '10

Portmidi last update was on 3 September 2009 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23403 The user (denis) owns 5/16 outdated packages and the last change was on 14 May 2010. Btw, i have sent an e-mail today notifying about this to give him a chance to rescue his packages. Also, there is a duplicate (portmidi-newer) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38900 that should be removed when portmidi will be updated. Thanks, SpepS.

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[aur-general] Delete request
by Simon Stoakley 26 Oct '10

26 Oct '10

Hi, Could you please delete psearch-python3 [1] it's a dup of psearch [2], and not fixed for python3. Also can you zap pkgclean [3], its been re-uploaded with a different name [4] and the maintainer agrees it should be deleted [5] . Thanks. Simon. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16551 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7821 [3] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41917 [4] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41918 [5] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=841811#p841811

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[aur-general] Deletion request: python-distribute, python2-distribute
by Stéphane Gaudreault 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hi Would it be possible to remove these AUR packages please ? http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29188 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42062 They are now in [extra]. Thanks, Stéphane

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[aur-general] Please delete aptana-studio
by Smartboy 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

Hello, Today I noticed that in AUR there are two packages which seem to do the same thing, one named Aptana[1] and the other Aptana-Studio[2]. Looks like Aptana-Studio is much newer than Aptana with fewer votes, and was created initially instead of ophraning Aptana. Therefore, I propose Aptana-Studio to be deleted. Thanks, Smartboy [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7147 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31634

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[aur-general] Please Remove: geography-countries, ip-country
by Justin Davis 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

These package do not follow the perl module naming guidelines for the AUR. They are also duplicates of existing packages perl-geography-countries and perl-ip-country. The maintainer has agreed they should be removed. * ip-country (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2822) * geography-countries (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2821) Thanks -- -Justin

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[aur-general] Duplicate on AUR
by François Boulogne 23 Oct '10

23 Oct '10

Hello, There are 3 argparse packages on AUR: python3-argparse (OK) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41466 python-argparse: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26000 and argparse: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39129 I think the last one should be removed. Cheers, -- François Boulogne. Membre de l'April - Promouvoir et défendre le Logiciel Libre - http://www.april.org Un jour, ils sauront qu'il existe un univers libre. http://sciunto.wordpress.com/

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[aur-general] Please Remove: perl-{config-ini-simple, glade-simple, ip-country-fast, vcp, xml-writer-string}
by Justin Davis 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Please remove the following packages. perl-config-ini-simple (Config::INI::Simple) no longer exists on CPAN. The rest of the packages are not named properly to correspond to their CPAN package name. perl-config-ini-simple: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21622 perl-glade-simple: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2574 perl-ip-country-fast: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22014 per-vcp: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9949 perl-xml-writer-string: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=10778 Thanks -- -Justin

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[aur-general] Delete ghamachi
by JD Steffen 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

All, ghamachi has been deprecated by it's upstream maintainers. Please delete this package. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7125 Thanks, Rendman

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[aur-general] Request for Removal: python2-oggconvert
by Andrew M. Kluger 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

I apologize if I'm doing something wrong, I'm uncomfortable with mailing lists. I submitted an AUR pkgbuild for python2-oggconvert, but it is no longer necessary since the oggconvert maintainer updated to account for the python upgrade. I couldn't find any information on the AUR site or the arch wiki on how to remove a package I've uploaded, but yugrotavele suggested the best way would be to subscribe to this mailing list then send an email to everyone asking for someone else to delete the package. Will someone please kill that package for me? And will someone tell me if there's a better way to do this, for future reference? http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42034 Thanks for any help, Andy

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[aur-general] Orphan request: pam_blue
by Vitaliy Berdinskikh 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Hi! Please orphan pam_blue: * the package is outdated * owner haven't any update since 2007 -- Vitaliy Berdinskikh UR6LAD 73 & 72!

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[aur-general] remove gummi on aur.
by François Boulogne 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Hi, I uploaded gummi on aur http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42077 but I just saw that it has been switch from aur to community http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/gummi/ Please, could you fix my mistake by removing the AUR package? Cheers, -- François Boulogne. Membre de l'April - Promouvoir et défendre le Logiciel Libre - http://www.april.org Un jour, ils sauront qu'il existe un univers libre. http://sciunto.wordpress.com/

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[aur-general] orphan request: dos2unix
by Renato Garcia 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Please orphan dos2unix[1]. It is outdated since before 21 Sep, on 21 Sep I have posted an updated PKGBUILD in AUR package page, and on 05 Oct I sent an email to gersonruotolo. He don't answered my email, nor updated the package. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=36163

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[aur-general] TU Application: Lukas Fleischer
by Lukas Fleischer 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Hi! My name is Lukas Fleischer, I'm a 20-year-old student from Germany, studying Computer Science at the University of Stuttgart, freelance web-developper, IT consultant and hobbyist DJ. I've been using GNU/Linux for about three years (used OpenBSD and FreeBSD before) and Arch Linux probably for about two years. Since then, Arch Linux has become my Desktop distribution of choice being installed and used on four of my workstations and one server (i686 as well as x86_64, one box using [testing] and [community-testing] repos). Besides Arch Linux, I'm still using Debian, Gentoo and *BSD as server distributions/OS. I'm a hardcore CLI user (zsh, tmux, mutt, irssi, mplayer, calcurse just rock!), experienced programmer (10+ years) specialized in Perl, C and Assembly and, as I already said, web-developper (PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL). As I read about Loui looking for help with the AUR multiple times on aur-dev, I thought I'd just give a try and apply for TU. My main interests would be to help out with AUR development (just check some of the patches I sent to aur-dev) and AUR cleanups (you might e.g. want to have a look at aurdupes [1] and some of my mails to aur-general), double-check popular AUR packages, and, of course, to maintain a couple of packages in [community] including remuco, redshift, tinyproxy, mixxx (I'd also like to see xwax in [community] but sadly, it's not really popular), pytyle, optionally surf and tabbed and maybe some of the OpenSync stuff (I'm still trying to get it work with calcurse and my Symbian phone). I currently maintain 22 packages in the AUR [2] and previously maintained some other packages that have been moved to [community] (e.g. perl-datetime-format-iso8601, perl-task-weaken, winetricks). You might also want to check my "archlinux-packages" GIT repository [3] which is (almost) always up-to-date. If you check some of the PKGBUILDs you might notice that I care about consistency and conformity with standards (although not all of the packages might stick to that, especially virtualbox_bin still looks kinda ugly and contains some legacy stuff). I'd really appreciate any kind of positive criticism and improvement suggestions as regards that! Well, if there are any questions left, feel free to ask. And before I forget, Loui has agreed to be my sponsor :) Regards, Lukas [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40869 [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=cryptocrack [3] http://git.cryptocrack.de/?p=archlinux-packages.git;a=summary

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[aur-general] request for deletion of django-command-extensions package
by Alper KANAT 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

Hello There, django-command-extensions projects is renamed to django-extensions in upstream and moved to github. I adopted both packages today. Can you please delete django-command-extensions package? I'll continue maintaining django-extensions. Thanks! --- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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[aur-general] Please delete xmacro-patched
by Ng Oon-Ee 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

There's currently xmacro [1] and xmacro-patched [2] in the AUR. Both do the same thing, and even generate identical binaries. xmacro-patched should therefore be deleted. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15191 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27245

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Re: [aur-general] Libreoffice in AUR
by karl 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

On 13:49 Wed 20 Oct , Allan McRae wrote: > On 20/10/10 23:47, Heiko Baums wrote: > >So I'd like to see LibreOffice in [extra] besides OpenOffice. I think > >LibreOffice is or will soon be too important to just have it in AUR or > >[community]. > > Wow... that was fast: > > > pacman -Si libreoffice > Repository : extra > Name : libreoffice > Version : 3.2.99.2-1 The version in extra is the libreoffice alpha. That version isn't compatible to the libreoffice language packs. In the AUR is libreoffice-bin, it's the libreoffice beta and compatible to the also provided language packs of libre office. It would of cause be nice, to see the beta + the language packs in the AUR. Best regards, Karl

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[aur-general] Libreoffice in AUR
by Ng Oon-Ee 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

I just noticed that libreoffice-new has been uploaded. Contrary to the last post in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=105664 the old libreoffice in the AUR has not yet (to my searching) been deleted (I think its been reuploaded). Obviously, its exactly the same. I wonder what the point is of having libreoffice-new though. It's basically just extracting of some rpms, as compared to the libreoffice from [testing]. I propose that libreoffice[1] and libreoffice-new[2] be deleted. The author should reupload as libreoffice-bin. If a TU agrees, I volunteer to email the author. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41792 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41793

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[aur-general] deletion request: hachoir
by solsTiCe d'Hiver 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

hi. hachoir-0.5.2 package from 2006 is still in AUR while it has been superseeded by the hachoir-* package family (hachoir-core, hachoir-metadata, hachoir-parser, hachoir-regex, hachoir-subfile) and this does not even build, I think please delete hachoir-0.5.2-1

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[aur-general] openjdk dev packages.
by Peter Lewis 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

Hi folks, There's currently a very out of date openjdk development version package here: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14671 It's also currently orphaned and doesn't build any more. However, there's quite a lot of information in there and though it would probably normally be deleted for being very out of date, orphaned and no longer building on a current system, I don't want to delete it due to the work that's obviously gone into it. This would probably have to be redone if and when someone wanted an openjdk development package. It should be probably renamed openjdk-dev and given some love... does anyone who knows more about building Java fancy taking it under their wing? Otherwise, I suppose that we can just leave it orphaned for such a time as someone does... Cheers, Pete.

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[aur-general] Name of python libraries
by Clément Démoulins 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

Hi, Since the default python interpreter is python 3, should we renamed python 2 librairies: python2-* and python 3 libraries: python-* ? Clément Démoulins

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[aur-general] Deletion request ropemode ropevim
by Nicolás de la Torre 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Please delete ropemode http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38313 and ropevim http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20489 Just uploaded python-ropemode and python-ropevim for the python update and conforming python package guidelines. Thanks

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[aur-general] Deletion request rope
by Nicolás de la Torre 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Please delete rope http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13702 Just uploaded python-rope for the python update and conforming the python package guidelines. Thanks

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[aur-general] Deletion request: ruby-ocra
by Emiliano Vavassori 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Hi all, please delete ruby-ocra: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41934 Was uploaded by me by mistake since it is not working on Unix systems. Thanks, regards, -- Emiliano Giovanni Vavassori - http://syntaxerrormmm.altervista.org/ GuIT --- Home page: http://www.guit.sssup.it/ Please, no Word or PowerPoint attachments. Do so only if it's extremely necessary.

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[aur-general] Deletion request rocket
by Nicolás de la Torre 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Please delete rocket: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41175 Just uploaded python-rocket as python package guidelines recommends. Thanks

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[aur-general] Deletion request: kyotocabinet-python3 (renamed)
by Alexander Duscheleit 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Hi, please delete kyotocabinet-python3 (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40151) I have renamed the package to kyotocabinet-python to reflect the move to Python 3. Additionally: The kyotocabinet packet in AUR (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39143) is out-of-date for quite some time now, and the referenced sources are not available any more. I would be willing to maintain this packet, but I've just mailed the maintainer today, so he should probably be given some more time to respond before orphaning it. -- Jinks

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[aur-general] kcm_tablet delete
by Ike Devolder 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

i picked up de maintenance of kcm_tablet from danym but there was a namechange so i uploaded a new package with the new name. pls delete kcm_tablet: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32160 thx

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[aur-general] Deletion request: pygraphviz (renamed)
by Clément Démoulins 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Hi, Could you please delete my package pygraphviz(1). I rename the package to python-pygraphviz(2) to follow python guidelines. Thanks, Clément Démoulins (1) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16068 (2) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41955

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[aur-general] Packages for deletion?
by Gordon JC Pearce 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Mediatomb 0.12.1-2 appears to be in community already, so does that mean the AUR version is superfluous? http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/mediatomb/ http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/mediatomb/ Gordon MM0YEQ

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[aur-general] Leaving Arch Linux (and computer world for a while) (delete AUR account)
by Dany Martineau 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Hi! Due to new responsibilities in my life, i have to abandon all packages that i've owned in AUR (there are 150 of them). I think that the easier way to do it is to delete my AUR account. Is it possible to do it so? Maybe i'll have to work with Arch Linux when i'll get more time in my hands someday.... Thank you to all for your support! -- Dany Martineau Enseignant en mathématiques École secondaire du Harfang 5e secondaire http://danym.org CSSMI

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[aur-general] Delete request: bibletime-kde4 bibletime-i18n
by Christoph 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Please remove the following packages: bibletime-kde4 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21617 bibletime-i18n http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15503 bibletime-kde4 is not necessary any longer because the maintainer has adopted and updated bibletime (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=1740) which was orphaned and in former times contained a quite old KDE3-version (see package comments). bibletime-i18n is orphaned, too, and flagged out-of-date, and also refers to the old KDE3-version. The new (and currently maintained) KDE4-version does not have a seperate i18n-package any more. Thanks, Christoph

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[aur-general] The new Arch Haskell
by Magnus Therning 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Sorry for x-posting this announcement, but I hope I won't be beaten up too much for it. Please send any replies to the Arch Haskell mailing list: http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-haskell There is a new Arch Haskell team and we've made some changes. You can find more details at http://archhaskell.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/arch-haskell-under-new-manageme… /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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[aur-general] Removal request
by A Rojas 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Please remove my package knights-kde4 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35969 I have reuploaded as knights, since the old KDE3 version is now gone.

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[aur-general] Delete request: polynominal-free
by and＠cifra.donetsk.ua 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Please delete "polynominal-free" http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41888 Package is created because of my mistake and AUR have more actually package.

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[aur-general] delete
by Juan Diego Tascón 17 Oct '10

17 Oct '10

Good day Could someone please delete this package from the aur: opencv-beta chao

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[aur-general] Cleanup regarding Gens (Genesis emulator) packages
by Try Again 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

Hi, As Gens (which contains i386 asm code) is now compilable on x86_64 thanks to multilib packages, I wrote updated PKGBUILDs for gens and gens-gs (a fork of gens). However, many entries in the AUR provide Gens but are somewhat dead or abandoned. So, here are my requests : - first, gens-opengl, gens-mythgame-opengl, gens-cvs, bin32-gens should be deleted. Theirs sources are unreachable and OpenGL support is integrated in gens-gs. - secondly, I would like to adopt gens-gs. Its maintainer did not answer to our multiple requests for updating the sources URL. On the other end, the maintainer of gens still seems active, so I'll try to contact him. - finally, if I adopt and update gens-gs, bin32-gens-gs becomes useless. AUR URLs : - gens-opengl: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=1463 - gens-mythgame-opengl: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=10966 - gens-cvs: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=691 - bin32-gens: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19663 - gens-gs: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21612 - bin32-gens-gs: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24073

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[aur-general] Orphan Request
by Mark Foxwell 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

Hi, Please can you orphan re-alpine: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29123 Package is out of date and I have emailed the maintainer with an updated PKGBUILD but not had any response for two weeks. Thanks in advance, Mark (fastfret79)

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[aur-general] Greetings from Alibloke
by Alasdair Haswell 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

Hello, I've recently joined this list and thought I should introduce myself. I'm a linux sysadmin for a fairly large hosting company and have been using linux for around eight years now. I've been running Arch for a little over a year and it's quickly become my distro of choice. The AUR is an exceptional resource and I've decided to contribute some of my time towards maintaining some packages. I've picked up an orphan; rng-tools and updated it to the latest version. It's my first attempt at writing a PKGBUILD, any comments/suggestions would be welcome. I'm also looking at updating the meanwhile library, it looks to have been out of date for some years now. I've emailed the maintainer with no response - how would I go about taking over this package? Regards, Ali.

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[aur-general] Removal request
by Simon Stoakley 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

Hi, atlass_cpp [1] can be deleted, it's a dup of atlas_cpp [2] + it's out of date and an orphan. Thanks Simon [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27732 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16720

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[aur-general] Wine removal requests
by Det 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

Heyeyeh, So here's some unnecessary/obsolete wine packages that should be wiped out from the face of AUR Ò_Ó: bin32-wine-wow-hardware-cursor: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33975 wine-stable-wc: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33231 wine-wc: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27298 wine-wow-hardware-cursor: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33974 (users claiming that WoW patch v4.0.1 allows the usage of [community]/[multilib]'s vanilla wine without issues - so all those WoW Wine packages have become obsolete) wine-key: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30473 (maintainer claims that "the key repeat bug has been fixed a loooong time ago") Thanks for your time, Det

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[aur-general] wine-wow-hardware-cursor and bin32-wine-wow-hardware-cursor removal request
by Przemek Aksamit 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

wine-wow-hardware-cursor and bin32-wine-wow-hardware-cursor are not needed any more and should be removed. World of Warcraft got opengl hardware cursor in last path (4.0.1). extcake

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[aur-general] Orphaning request
by Adam Hani Schakaki 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hello, please orphan go-openoffice-el [1] and go-openoffice-es [2] since those are outdated for a long time but don't get updated. Thanks in advance Adam Hani Schakaki [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27124 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26321

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