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[aur-general] Packaging
by Farhan Yousaf 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Hi there, There is an AUR package that doesn't compile. I have updated the build on my own. How do I submit it or take over the existing package? The owner isn't responding to my queries. Thanks. Farhan Yousaf, MSIA, ISP Sent from my iPhone

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[aur-general] Package removal
by Anton Bazhenov 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Another portion of the packages that appear to be removed. :) binexa - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25788 gmpc-random-playlist - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14269 notify-more - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=12105 voodoo-kdm-theme - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=8007 I tried to download sources, but it is "error 404", and homepages aren't working. It seems that these projects died. qbriscola - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18357 Sources not exist; replaced by "qbriscola-svn" package (see comments). kolourpaint - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23709 kolourpaint-bin - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23737 Obsolete packages, it's "kdegraphics-kolourpaint" package in Extra (see comments). igal - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2540 emelfm - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22606 Deprecated versions, which are no longer being developed; there are igal2 package in AUR and emelfm2 in Extra. gmixer-svn - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25995 Replaced by "gmixer-bzr" (see comments). kdeplasma-adjustableclock - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22539 This package is duplicate of "adjustable-clock-plasmoid" package (see comments). kdenlive-kde4-svn - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21726 It seems that this package is duplicate of "kdenlive-svn"... kdeicons-crystaldiamond - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25324 Link to the source code is not working (sources are at the "uploaded.to" site with free/premium downloads). latex-template-lncs - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26042 "Outdated by latex-template-springer" (see comments).

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[aur-general] Move [community-testing] packages to [community]
by Evangelos Foutras 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

I noticed that the new libldap and postgresql packages were moved to [core] and [extra] respectively. We should probably move rebuilds out of [community-testing] and into [community] as soon as possible. How do we go about this? Using /arch/db-move or something else? :) (I'm not on my desktop computer at the moment, so if someone knows how to proceed with the move, please go ahead.)

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[aur-general] TU applying/voting.
by member SpeedVin 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Hello all. I'm using Arch for about 1 year. I helped Arch community by providing PKGBUILDS and helping on forum. I want to introduce me. My name is Patrick, I'm from the Poland I am working with computers for long time (12 years). Now I'm maintraining 14 packages on AUR in unsupported repo. List of them dwm-git 20090813-1 unsupported devel glib2-newest 2.21.6-1 unsupported system grub2-git 29072009-1 unsupported x11 inputproto-git 1.9.99.902-1 unsupported kernels kernel26-bfs 2.6.31-1 unsupported lib libsoup-git 20090920-1 1 unsupported lib libx11-git 1.2.99.901-1 unsupported modules nvidia-bfs-beta 190.32-1 unsupported x11 renderproto-git 0.11-1 unsupported x11 xextproto-git 7.0.99.3-1 unsupported x11 xf86-input-keyboard-git 20080809-1 unsupported x11 xf86-input-mouse-git 20080808-1 unsupported x11 xorg-server-git 20090529-1 unsupported x11 xorg-xinit-git 20080807-1 Some of them are based on PKGBUILD provieded by ABS and some are based on packages in AUR , and some are builded myself. I am programming in Python and C++ ;) Now that I've introduced myself I'm looking for someone who wants to sponsor me (if any). Please feel free to ask any questions I do not have answered yet. Thanks for reading this ;)

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[aur-general] Package removal
by Anton Bazhenov 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Several packages that are unlikely needed... wildmagic - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7574 There is a "wildmagic4" package in AUR, so I think this old version may be deleted. soqt - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7538 soqt3 - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7602 It is identical packages: "soqt" is orphan, but updated in Jun 2009 and it needs for freecad; last update of "soqt3" - Nov 2006 and it doesn't needed for anything. lapack-gcc3 - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7378 This package is orphan and last updated at Jul 2007. And there is a new lapack package in Extra repository.

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[aur-general] Package removal request
by Anton Bazhenov 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

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[aur-general] Some packages to consider deleting...
by Smartboy 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

I went through parts of AUR today intending to find some packages which could be deleted for various reasons. Here is what I got: audacious-beta <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26394>, audacious-plugins-beta <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26395>: Its an old, unmaintained version of Audacious. The version in the repos is 2 minor versions ahead of this one. I think it can safely be removed without hurting anything. bang <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15238>: This hasn't been maintained upstream for a while, and doesn't even build anymore. There is always Ecomorph, which is somewhat more maintained upstream. beryl-bmenu, beryl-desktopclick, beryl-screensaver: Beryl isn't available for Arch anymore, and hasn't been developed for over 2 years now. These can be removed. cairo-newspr <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16587>: Gentoo isn't even using the patches anymore, and the maintainer abandoned it. I see no reason for this package to stick around. catalyst-vanilla <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24451>: Old, unmaintained, a duplicate of the catalyst pkgbuild, and the old maintainer even asked for it to be deleted in the comments. Those should be reason enough to delete this PKGBUILD. ejourn <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2772>: Project page is down, with the program innacessable. Package hasn't been updated in 3 years. It should be deleted. enna-cvs <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14653>: e17 switched to svn long ago. This should be deleted. php4-gtk <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=730>: This is for php version 4, which isn't available in arch. Hasn't been updated in years. qtpoveditor <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2719>: Doesn't work anymore, and isn't supported either. rstatd <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2557>: Doesn't work anymore, program itself last updated in 2005. Hope this helps make AUR just a little bit cleaner. ;) Smartboy

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[aur-general] Package removal: clutter-cairo
by Michael Kanis 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hello, could you please remove the package clutter-cairo? It is deprecated by the authors [1] and doesn't build anymore. Greets Michael [1] http://lists.o-hand.com/clutter/2823.html

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[aur-general] Package removal: libatasmart-git
by Michael Kanis 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hi, I created the libatasmart-git package some time ago as a dependency for my devicekit-disks package because there was no official release of it. However now there is and there's also a package in AUR, so there is no real use for libatasmart-git anymore. Could you please delete it? Greets Michael

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[aur-general] python-fuse
by Xyne 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hi, python-fuse needs to be rebuilt against the latest fuse package due to linking errors (no PKGBUILD changes necessary). I would do this myself but I'm trying to track down an error in my toolchain that's preventing my packages from getting synced (I may have just fixed it but I'm waiting for the mirrors to see). Does anyone feel like rebuilding python-fuse? It builds quickly and is only about 170 K to upload. Thanks. /Xyne

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[aur-general] Is dev.archlinux.org browser dependent?
by Stefan Husmann 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hello TUs, I finally managed to enter dev.archlinux.org to adopt some packages in [community]. I had to install opera to do so. I tried firefox, conkeror and midori, but all of them did not give me a login form but a message about an untrusted site. So my question is: Are there any settings I have to apply (using about:config or the like)? I would like to get rid of opera if I can. Hints? Regards Stefan

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[aur-general] gigolo to be an orphan
by JM 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hello, I am considering orphaning gigolo [1] for I no longer use it. It has 41 votes in aur so I though perhaps someone would like to take it to community? Regards, JM [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24252

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[aur-general] Please delete qemu-svn
by Ranguvar 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

I am maintaining qemu-git, upstream development has switched to Git. Please remove qemu-svn. Thanks :)

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[aur-general] status of community-testing
by Firmicus 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

community-testing is currently still disabled: [francois@sigurd ~]$ /arch/db-update community-testing error: you shouldn't be updating community-testing on this server! Should it be reactivated now? F

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[aur-general] [Deletion Request] kbluetooth4-svn
by Panos Filip 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hello to everyone ! I am Flamelab on AUR, and I orphaned kbluetooth4-svn, since the new one's (kdebluetooth-svn) and (kdebluetooth-devel) seem to work better than my own (they provide the same upstream program), and their maintainer seems to be more interested on them. Please, can someone delete my own ;)

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[aur-general] TU bylaws is not available
by Laszlo Papp 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hello! >From this site: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines I can't reach tjis url: http://dev.archlinux.org/~simo/TUbylaws.html -> Object not found! Error 404 Do I do something wrong or isn't it available in fact? Best Regards, Laszlo Papp

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Re: [aur-general] [arch-dev-public] Integrity check emails
by bardo 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

2009/9/19 Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin(a)gmail.com>: > Considering the notification list is private, do we want to send > integrity check emails somewhere else? > > I sent them here manually to illustrate the new-and-improved checking > Xavier added. That's a great thing - I now know I have a lot to fix :) > And yes, those duplicates are real dupes in community Dupes come mostly from the any-arch transition. In fact I had looked around a bit, but couldn't find some king of guide - what exactly should we untag on the repo to remove a specific architecture?

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[aur-general] Please delete package "mumble-svn"
by Sven-Hendrik Haase 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hey, please delete AUR package "mumble-svn" because the Mumble project has since switched to GIT and the SVN is unmaintained. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23369 -- Sven-Hendrik

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[aur-general] Adding a .deb packaged application to the AUR
by Jeff Horelick 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hello Listmates, I have a package here i'd really like to add to the AUR. The problem is that its packaged in a .deb. How would i go about packaging this for Arch? Feel free to just point at: "Look at this other package" or "Read this wiki page". In case some of you guys don't know the formmat that a .deb is in: An ar archive, inside there are 2 tarballs, one called control.tar.gz which for our purposes can be mostly ignored and one called data.tar.gz which has the actual application files laid out in the directory structure of the system similar to a Arch final binary package. (usr/bin/stuff, usr/share/stuff and so on). Or would it be easier for me to just setup a GitHub or BitBucket account, drop all the source files on there and simply make a hg or git package? (For the record and all, it's not my project, but it is GPLv2 so....)

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[aur-general] Package removal
by Anton Bazhenov 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

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[aur-general] kernel26-firmware and third-party kernels
by Ray Rashif 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Hey all Would it be OK (as in KISS) to shove in a custom kernel's equivalent firmware into /lib/firmware/$(uname -r)? By looking at the /lib/udev/firmware.sh script it's one of the default look-up paths. But if I (and subsequent third-party packagers) start doing this, it will break the consistency as kernel26's firmware are in that dir. The only resolution here is that kernel26 uses /lib/firmware/$(uname -r) as well. I'm pretty sure that the blobs are hardware-dependent and not software, but from looking at the kernel26 buildscripts so far it appears they are being bumped for every minor revision update. Why is this being done? If there is indeed no problem whatsoever and any kernel can use firmware of any version, then this case can be dismissed :) Regards

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[aur-general] Package removal request
by Tavian Barnes 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

The nouveau-drm-git package has been superseded by the nouveau-drm-snapshot and kernel26-nouveau-git packages. It would be great if nouveau-drm-git could be removed to reduce confusion. Thanks, -- Tavian Barnes

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[aur-general] Orphan request and illegal package
by F B 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Hi, could you orphan this package? http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16940 The maintainer doesn't update it and doesn't responds to the comments, however he is still active in aur. This package http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24209 doesn't follow the aur rules, for more infos see FrozenFox last comment. Thank you in advance.

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[aur-general] Package removal request
by Jan-Erik Rediger 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

My ruby19-Package in the aur is now unnecessary because ruby 1.9 moved to extra. ruby19 in aur should be deleted: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23973 There's another ruby v1.9 package: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14402 I think this is unnecessary, too. Thanks, Jan-Erik Rediger (badboy)

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[aur-general] AurJson - orphan packages
by Pierre Chapuis 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

Hi, I was wondering if there's a way to know if a package is orphan using the AurJson interface. If that's not the case, I think I will find a feature request for something like: "Uploader":"pseudonym" in "info/results", with "pseudonym" set as "orphan" if the package is orphan (I hope nobody has taken the pseudonym "orphan" on AUR...). Does that look fine to you? -- catwell

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