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[aur-general] problem uploading
by Firmicus 22 May '08

22 May '08

I am trying to upload the package perl-ppi to AUR, but I get the error message "You are not allowed to overwrite the perl-ppi package" even though this package does not exist on AUR. Thanks for help Firmicus

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[aur-general] can't "overwrite" coxpcall
by Anders Bergh 22 May '08

22 May '08

Hi, I'm trying to upload a new package to the AUR, "coxpcall", but it says I can't overwrite it. I have a feeling it's because I uploaded copas first, a package that depends on coxpcall. Then AUR registered that package somehow, and doesn't let me upload it. I'm only speculating here. Anders

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[aur-general] Missing Packages
by aur-notify＠archlinux.org 21 May '08

21 May '08

Missing i686 Packages: No new package supplied for mandvd 2.4-5! -- This is an automated message. If you wish to stop receiving it twice a day, fix the package(s).

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[aur-general] [OUTDATED] qtjambi
by Bráulio Barros de Oliveira 21 May '08

21 May '08

Hello all, I have a new package to qtjambi and I would like to publish it. Apparently there is a user who is owning it and it is not responding my emails. Also, I've talked to the creator of the package. Anyone could please orphan it? Gratefully, bráulio

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[aur-general] TU Application
by Angel Velásquez 21 May '08

21 May '08

Hello everyone My name is Angel Velásquez and I live in Venezuela. I have 24 years old and I just finished my studies in the university (Computer Technician), so now I have enough time to work in my favorite distro. My native language is Spanish and I also speak Italian and English (at a regular level, I can be easily understood); also, I understand Portuguese and some French (at a beginners level). I work as PHP/Python Developer (under Linux) and of course, now I'm working on Arch ;-). I have been using Linux since 1998: I started with Red Hat 5.2, but I got disappointed about many of the rpm's limitants, so I moved back again to Win** (yeah, this is sad), until 2000 when I met Slackware and I liked it because with this distro you are not 'rpm dependent', so you maintain your distro and your libraries. Working this way was good until I needed to get new things, so I moved to Debian unstable for a long time; back in 2005 I discovered Arch Linux because a friend of mine proposed me 'hey, what about to test another and different distro?' and I liked it, but due to job reasons at that moment I didn't have the time to install Arch completely (as a main distro), but finally I became an 'archer' in 2006 when I had enough time to learn and use it proficiently. I was expecting to join an Arch Linux community here in Venezuela but at that moment, nothing happened and no groups were created, however we had one of the biggest events on the country (FLiSoL) so I had to search some local archers (Ricardo Hernández, Miguel Useche, Flavio Percoco, Victor Roman, etc) and we created the local community :-), and I can say that I'm proud of our little (for now) team. Now we have a community and we are learning new things everyday and we are getting new users into the community, whom have agreed to collaborate with us. So, I would like to be a TU, I have been developing and fixing some AUR / ABS packages for my own use (and other friends who needed them), I have also worked documenting and helping Arch Articles in the Spanish Community, and I have been in contact with some people from the Brazilian and Italian community. Maybe I do not have many packages in AUR (just 16 and not all are from scratch many of them have been adopted) but I am very connected with the Arch Linux community, specially working on the part that I'm responsible of, which is the Arch Linux Venezuelan Community. Right now, I think I have time to do some important things with some packages (especially those based on haskell, because I've been studying it) and helping developing some new features to AUR and the Arch Linux Community. Hugo Doria a.k.a hdoria proposed to be my sponsor (thank you :-)) My AUR packages: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=angvp&SeB=m Arch Linux Venezuelan Community: http://www.archlinux.com.ve (working on this) My Website: http://www.angvp.com (not ready yet, but soon) Thank you for reading this. -- Angel Velasquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Linux Counter: #359909

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[aur-general] list for reserverd UIDs for special system users
by Michael Krauss 19 May '08

19 May '08

Hello again, I must apologize for asking so many questions but I don't want dma to get in the way with an other daemon or service. Today I want to know if a list of reserved UIDs (and GIDs) for Arch Linux is available. I figured out that commonly the first 100 UIDs are used for system users like mail, ftp, hal and so on. So I want to use one of these numbers for dma but don't won't to interfere with an other system user in Arch Linux. Is there something similar to reserved port numbers in TCP? Kind Regards, Michael Krauss

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[aur-general] [Inactivity notice] Dragonlord
by Dragonlord 19 May '08

19 May '08

Hi, as I wrote in my TU application, my study time will be over this summer. I do have some last exams and duties connected with it. So there are going to be some inactivity notices from my side. This is the first one, I will be 1 week hard working for the Uni, inactive in these days 20-27.5.08. Thanks, wish me luck :) Jaroslav (Dragonlord) Lichtblau -- earthquake n. [IBM] The ultimate real-world shock test for computer hardware. Hackish sources at IBM deny the rumor that the Bay Area quake of 1989 was initiated by the company to test quality-assurance procedures at its California plants.

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[aur-general] amendment bylaws: voting & tur-users
by Ronald van Haren 18 May '08

18 May '08

Hi TUs, As Xavier pointed out (http://archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2008-May/007651.html) , we still haven't decided if we want to use the new voting system. So it is time to do decide. According to the bylaws we need to discuss & vote before we can change things in the bylaws. I propose two changes: 1. change all appearances of tur-users to aur-general 2. the fourth section of the standard voting procedure to (at least similar to) ####################################### Following the discussion period, a voting period opens. Simple YES, NO , or ABSTAIN votes are to be cast under the Trusted User section of the AUR homepage by at least a quorum of active TUs. ###################################### The SVP for changing the bylaws is: SVP( amend_bylaws, 5, 0.75, 7); This mail starts the 5 day discussion period. Please note that in the discussion period you have to vote for both points ;) Ronald

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[aur-general] TU Vote - gcarrier
by JJDaNiMoTh 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hi TUs, This begins the 7 day voting thread for the addition of gcarrier (Geoffroy Carrier) as a TU, don't forget to vote. You can see his introduction and the discussion period here: http://archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2008-May/007575.html For the first time, the vote is stored *only* on web interface. Good Luck Geoffroy! At the same time, I write for my absence from today to Monday. -- JJDaNiMoTh - ArchLinux Trusted User

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Re: [aur-general] TU Vote - Dragonlord
by Dragonlord 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hi TUs! Thanks for your wise and ingenious decision :) I'm very happy! I will do my best for the Arch community and to be a good TU. Special thanks to Allan for sponsoring me and Bardo for checking my PKGBUILDs. And to all of you for your votes. Regards Jaroslav PS: the next time you need a lab mouse for testing anything new, feel free to ask :D On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 03:52:31PM +0200, Allan McRae wrote: > Congrats and welcome to the team! > > Allan >

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