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Package Maintainer application - Bert Peters
by Bert Peters 27 May '24

27 May '24

Hi all, My name is Bert Peters, or bertptrs on IRC and various other places, and I'm applying to become a package maintainer for Arch Linux. My application is sponsored by Christian Heusel (gromit) and Jakub Klinkovský (lahwaacz). I started using Linux in 2011 as I started my degree in Computer Science with OpenSuse as that happened to be installed on the computers in the lab, but soon moved to Ubuntu and, after a few false starts in 2014, moved to Arch at the tail end of 2015 by spending most of 33C3 getting things to work just the way I like it and never looked at anything else. Ever since, I've been using it as my daily driver, though I'm also using other distros professionally, currently mainly Ubuntu. Professionally I work as a DevOps engineer, mostly writing yaml, bash, and Python, occasionally wrangling Nix and Ubuntu, and doing packaging for the latter two. I've also previously done RPM packaging for CentOS when I managed my university's data science lab servers. Privately I'm a big fan of Rust, which I moderate the unofficial channels (##rust, ##rust-offtopic) for on Libera, and I dabble in Ruby because once upon a time I made the decision to write my website in Jekyll. On that website, I try to write the kind tech blog articles that I like to read, explaining a varying collection of things I happened to find interesting at the time. As for existing Arch involvement, I have long been maintaining packages in the AUR, and have been a tester for the last few years. All AUR packages I currently maintain (and that have needed an upgrade somewhere in the last three years) I keep in a Git repository [1] which I manage with aurpublish. I very recently discovered pkgctl how useful pkctl can be, so I started implementing nvchecker recently to automate the maintenance further. My github profile is also a decent record I have of OSS work I did. In the time I spend away from keyboard, I do bouldering a lot and I have been teaching windsurfing for the past 15 years. If I were to be voted in as a Package Maintainer, I'd like to move the following packages to \[extra\]: - cargo-cache - jekyll (and deps) - python-plotly In addition, I looked over what current orphans I have installed and I feel confident I know enough about the following to adopt them, though I'm open to more suggestions. - java-commons-lang - libvdpau - lsb-release I'd also like to help out as a co-maintainer on packages I previously maintained in the AUR that have since been adopted into [extra]: - cargo-geiger - cargo-license - nix - nlohmann-json - spotifyd - rust (previously maintained rust-src which was merged into it) - various ruby packages and while I'm at it, I'd like to help out with the Ruby packaging in general, to bring it up to date with Ruby 3.2 and figure out a consistent way to handle Ruby's propensity for very tight version bounds. With that, I hope to have given you a good introduction of myself and my work, where I intend to start packaging, and that there's a good starting point for discussion. Thanks for reading! Bert. P.s. To get ahead of one question, no, the ptrs in my nickname are unrelated to pointers; I got this nickname before I knew what those were. It's just my name with vowels removed. [1]: https://github.com/bertptrs/aur

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My pkgbuilds
by matt quintanilla 26 May '24

26 May '24

before sending my packages(2 is the git version)[1][2] to the aur is there anything wrong/needs to be fixed? [1]https://mystb.in/022f92bd534784600a [2]https://mystb.in/5f8321d4575ef003fd My working hours may not be your working hours. Please do not feel obligated to reply outside of your normal work schedule Matt Quintanilla he/him https://www.mattquintanilla.xyz/

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User TalionRanger comments
by Fabio Loli 25 May '24

25 May '24

A request for help quickly degenerated in several insults https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/octopi#comment-974574 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/octopi#comment-974594 Please take appropriate action

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Lost my AUR password and e-mail
by LDA 18 May '24

18 May '24

Hi, I used to have an AUR account(lda), whose password was stored on a single laptop, which broke. This wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that the primary e-mail I used at the time(freetards.xyz) now no longer works(due to a lack of rDNS). I still however own the domain attached to it, and as such, *can* prove I own said account. So I want to ask if I could recover my password that way(since the reset page pointed there.) Thanks, LDA idiot

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Kernel / utils-linux update breaks nvidia 390.xx driver dkms build - Any ideas what changed?
by David C. Rankin 09 May '24

09 May '24

AUR folks, This is a general question that may catch others off guard. Having patch for the 6.8 changes when the kernel was release and having no issues through 6.8.9-Arch1, I was very surprised to see build failures in the nvidia-utils 390.xx package after the today's update. For both Linux and Linux-LTS: ( 8/13) Install DKMS modules ==> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/390.157 -k 6.6.30-2-lts Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.6.30-2-lts (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/make.log for more information. ==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/390.157 -k 6.6.30-2-lts' exited 10 ==> dkms install --no-depmod vboxhost/6.1.50_non_OSE -k 6.6.30-2-lts ==> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/390.157 -k 6.8.9-arch1-2 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.9-arch1-2 (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/make.log for more information. ==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/390.157 -k 6.8.9-arch1-2' exited 10 ==> dkms install --no-depmod vboxhost/6.1.50_non_OSE -k 6.8.9-arch1-2 ==> depmod 6.6.30-2-lts ==> depmod 6.8.9-arch1-2 The actual errors seem like regressions somewhere as similar bugs were fixed in the past 3-4 years for both Nvidia and Vbox. The errors are: In file included from /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/conftest.h:5, from /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/nv_stdarg.h:29, from /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/os-interface.h:27, from /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/nvidia/nv-frontend.c:12: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/conftest/functions.h:76:2: error: #error wait_on_bit_lock() conftest failed! 76 | #error wait_on_bit_lock() conftest failed! ... /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h: In function ‘nv_ioremap_nocache’: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h:568:17: error: implicit declaration of function ‘ioremap_nocache’; did you mean ‘ioremap_cache’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 568 | void *ptr = ioremap_nocache(phys, size); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h:568:17: error: initialization of ‘void *’ from ‘int’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h: In function ‘nv_ioremap_nocache’: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h:568:17: error: implicit declaration of function ‘ioremap_nocache’; did you mean ‘ioremap_cache’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 568 | void *ptr = ioremap_nocache(phys, size); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ioremap_cache /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h: In function ‘nv_is_dma_direct’: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/common/inc/nv-linux.h:1297:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘dma_is_direct’; did you mean ‘d_is_dir’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 1297 | if (dma_is_direct(get_dma_ops(dev))) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ | d_is_dir All of these seem similar to earlier errors from the Linux 5.6 days. Anybody have a guess in what changed in either the new gcc or new util-linux or others that has cause all this fun? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Removal of NicoHood as Package Maintainer due to inactivity
by gromit 05 May '24

05 May '24

Hi all, I'd like to start a "Special Removal of an Inactive Package Maintainer"[0] for NicoHood based on prolonged inactivity. NicoHood has not executed any packaging or AUR maintenance duties since 6 Months now, but the mentioned activity is IMO rather an outlier. When I contacted all people who were inactive in votings for a longer period of time[1] (August '23) we heard back[2] from Nico stating that he would still like to help out with Arch but does not have time/capacity due to personal circumstance right now. Since back then then not much seems to have changed: - His last voting[3] was vote nr. 140 (ended 2022-09-11), since then 11 other votings were done. - His packaging activity was limited to 3 days in the last year[4] - He did not do any AUR Moderation for that timeframe (to my knowledge) Therefore I'm requesting him to be removed as a Package Maintainer. This is not done because I want to cause any harm but rather since I think it reflects the status quo. If at some later point he has the time / resources to help out again I'm very much in favour of welcoming him back. The discussion period will last for three days, after which there will be a voting period of five days. Cheers, chris [0]: https://package-maintainer-bylaws.aur.archlinux.org/#_special_removal_of_an… [1]: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-tu@lists.archlinux.org/threa… [2]: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-tu@lists.archlinux.org/messa… [3]: https://aur.archlinux.org/package-maintainer [4]: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/nicohood

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Re: About the intentionally duplicated package wechat-beta-bwrap and wechat-universal and unmaintained orginal package wechat-uos
by Kimiblock Moe 01 May '24

01 May '24

Hi Aᴀʀᴏɴ, The duplicated package has 55 votes, while the original version wechat-uos-qt has 19. I’m not losing patience though, just a little curious about why this thread appeared inactive. I guess PMs have been flooded with requests recently… -- Sincerely, Kimiblock

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About user Manjusaka
by Fabio Loli 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

Hi, Manjusaka continue to re-upload his personal pkgbuild which have been deleted 3 times already, they have been informed to not do this yes persist https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/linux-xanmod-manjusaka https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/search?count=25&mlist=aur-requests%40l…

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Aarch64 package moderation policy
by Sam Day 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

Hello! I recently learned that the AUR seems to have an actively enforced moderation policy preventing packages that either only work on aarch64, or are otherwise heavily focused/only useful on that platform. RFC0032 hasn't finalized yet, and of course it could still end up being rejected or otherwise put on indefinite hiatus... My outsider perspective is that it likely will happen though, so I'm working under that assumption. In this case, it's only a matter of time before non-x86 communities are accumulating around Arch upstream proper. RFC0032 already notes that: - Ideally, the AUR web interface / API is extended to allow filtering packages by architecture. I have a concrete proposal here. Let's say I (or someone else) were to contribute the necessary changes to aurweb, such that it exposed architecture info in the RPC (archlinux/aurweb#485), as well as adding support for filtering by architecture when searching. If this happened, and the search box on the AUR homepage defaulted to x86, would it be possible to relax the current moderation policy that restricts aarch64-only packages from living in the AUR? -Sam

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Package Maintainer Application - Carl Smedstad
by Carl Smedstad 25 Mar '24

25 Mar '24

Hi everyone, My name is Carl, or carsme on AUR/IRC, and this is my application to become a Package Maintainer. I started my Linux journey in 2016, while studying engineering mathematics at Chalmers University here in Gothenburg, Sweden. At the time, I was struggling with motivation and direction in my studies, but things took a positive turn when my friend group introduced me to Linux. I started out on Ubuntu but quickly transitioned to Arch Linux as there was a strong "btw, I use arch" atmosphere in our group :) With this new discovery, technology suddenly started making sense and became understandable. I had tinkered with computers since I was a child, but this was the first time I felt that anything was doable, given some time and dedication. As such, tinkering with my system became my new favorite pastime. Shortly after this formative moment, I got a part-time job as a developer, which eventually became full-time and made me drop out of university. This put me on a path which I'm very happy to be on, and which led me to today, where I'm leading a team developing route optimization solutions for commercial aviation. I still tinker a lot, but now with a broader scope that includes the processes, technologies and tools me and my team use in our daily work. Arch Linux has been my daily driver for around eight years now, and I have since 2021 tried to get more involved in the project, mainly by maintaining packages in the AUR. This has been a learning experience and I've tried to continuously improve my process and my packages. Examples include: fixing namcap warnings, migrating to standards based Python packaging (PEP 517), migrating to SPDX license identifiers, and most recently, using nvchecker to check for new versions. Outside of tech, I really enjoy traveling and try to do so as often as possible. Specifically, hiking through new landscapes and sampling local cuisine. Most recent trips were to the Bavarian Alps and to Sardinia in Italy, both of which were fantastic experiences (with great food!). For reference, PKGBUILDs for all packages I maintain in the AUR are available here: https://github.com/carlsmedstad/aurpkgs I've also published some helper scripts I use: https://github.com/carlsmedstad/aurutils-extra For my other OSS-contributions, primarily bug reports and minor patches, my GitHub profile is most likely the best place to get an overview. As package maintainer, I intend to initially bring the following packages (+deps) into [extra], provided no one has any objections: * espanso * opentofu * powershell * protonmail-bridge * rdiff-backup * watchman Regarding (co-)maintenance of what's already in [extra], I'd like to adopt some of the currently orphaned Python and Ruby packages, for example: * python-joblib * python-oscrypto * ruby-treetop Additionally, I did a quick search for packages with only one maintainer among those I regularly use, and ended up with the following candidates for potential co-maintainership: * aerc * handlr * istio * python-black * sqlfluff Hopefully that gives a good picture of who I am and where I'd like to start my journey as a package maintainer, if accepted. My sponsors are Levente Polyak (anthraxx) and Christian Heusel (gromit) and I'm very thankful for their feedback and encouragement so far. Thank you for taking the time to read this, cheers! -- Sincerely, Carl Smedstad PGP: 888285CF6ED6758F

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