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[aur-general] request to make a -libs package
by Sam Mulvey 06 Feb '22

06 Feb '22

Hello! I maintain the xen package in AUR, and I recently got a merge request on my private repo to split the libs off into a split package in order to make building packages for things like ocaml a little easier. Previously, packages depended on a now outdated xenstore package. I have a vague hope of someone picking up the package at some point for inclusion into [community], or at least to that standard. That said, I do want to be responsive to people. There aren't many -libs packages out there, so I'm wondering where the standard is, and searching around hasn't been fruitful for me so far. Any pointers would be welcome. Thanks!

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[aur-general] aurweb v6.0.0 Release
by Kevin Morris 05 Feb '22

05 Feb '22

Hello AUR users, First of all, I want to apologize: this was deployed about 6 hours ago without a prior announcement. This was completely my fault and done in a bit of haste. There are a few bugs seen so far which have been worked out and deployed, but there are some final patches waiting to be deployed on the morning of 2022-02-05, 6-8 hours from now. There are likely to be some other issues we have not yet encountered. We have introduced an error reporting system to let us know when these occur; if users hit an internal server error, a traceback will be logged out and a notification sent to a devops postmaster. They can then locate the traceback by a particular ID. So, as users run into serious issues, we'll get information about them automatically. That being said, I desperately ask that users who encounter bugs from here-on out which are not the result of an internal server error report them to us at https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/aurweb/-/issues using the Bug template. This kind of bug reporting will really help us. Now, on to what's changed for users: With the v6.0.0 release, aurweb now runs on Python using the Starlette/FastAPI framework. While a complete list of changes from v6.0.0 up to the current patch (v6.0.6) can be viewed at https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/aurweb/-/tags, I'd like to show a few notable changes at the bottom of this message. Regarding there have been some modifications to the RPC API endpoints which have broken some clients in AUR helpers. Some AUR helpers were using the `/rpc.php/` endpoint to query the RPC, but this was removed with the advent of v6.0.0. There are two issues here: our Python code redirects trailing slashes to their unslashed counterparts, and we did not support the `/rpc.php` endpoint at all: we supported the `/rpc` endpoint. These have been addressed in v6.0.6 with the following changes: - https://gitlab.archlinux.org/kevr/aurweb/-/commit/0c1bd982ea0958722366bc5a1… - https://gitlab.archlinux.org/kevr/aurweb/-/commit/101de8e7b18916dd84ae52d39… A deprecation notice will be posted regarding `/rpc.php`. Clients will have one month to migrate over to the `/rpc` endpoint, and we'll continue to support non-redirected trailing slash queries. Again, sorry for the inconvenience in that regard, and a few others. Changes ======= Release v6.0.0 - Python This documents UX and functional changes for the v6.0.0 aurweb release. Following this release, we'll be working on a few very nice features noted at the end of this article in Upcoming Work. Preface ------- This v6.0.0 release makes the long-awaited Python port official. Along with the development of the python port, we have modified a number of features. There have been some integral changes to how package requests are dealt with, so _Trusted Users_ should read the entirety of this document. Legend ------ There are a few terms which I'd like to define to increase understanding of these changes as they are listed: - _self_ - Refers to a user viewing or doing something regarding their own account - _/pkgbase/{name}/{action}_ - Refers to a POST action which can be triggered via the relevent package page at `/{pkgbase,packages}/{name}`. Grouped changes explained in multiple items will always be prefixed with the same letter surrounded by braces. Example: - [A] Some feature that does something - [A] The same feature where another thing has changed Infrastructure -------------- - Python packaging is now done with poetry. - SQLite support has been removed. This was done because even though SQLAlchemy is an ORM, SQLite has quite a few SQL-server-like features missing both out of the box and integrally which force us to account for the different database types. We now only support mysql, and should be able to support postgresql without much effort in the future. Note: Users wishing to easily spin up a database quickly can use `docker-compose up -d mariadb` for a Docker-hosted mariadb service. - An example systemd service has been included at `examples/aurweb.service`. - Example wrappers to `aurweb-git-(auth|serve|update)` have been included at `examples/aurweb-git-(auth|serve|update).sh` and should be used to call these scripts when aurweb is installed into a poetry virtualenv. HTML ---- - Pagers have all been modified. They still serve the same purpose, but they have slightly different display. - Some markup and methods around the website has been changed for post requests, and some forms have been completely reworked. Package Requests ---------------- - Normal users can now view and close their own requests - [A] Requests can no longer be accepted through manual closures - [A] Requests are now closed via their relevent actions - Deletion - Through `/packages` bulk delete action - Through `/pkgbase/{name}/delete` - Merge - Through `/pkgbase/{name}/merge` - Orphan - Through `/packages` bulk disown action - Through `/pkgbase/{name}/disown` - Deletion and merge requests (and their closures) are now autogenerated if no pre-existing request exists. This was done to increase tracking of package modifications performed by those with access to do so (TUs). - Deletion, merge and orphan request actions now close all (1 or more) requests pertaining to the action performed. This comes with the downside of multiple notifications sent out about a closure if more than one request (or no request) exists for them - Merge actions now automatically reject other pre-existing merge requests with a mismatched `MergeBaseName` column when a merge action is performed - The last `/requests` page no longer goes nowhere Package Bulk Actions: /packages ------------------------------- - The `Merge into` field has been removed. Merges now require being performed via the `/pkgbase/{name}/merge` action. Package View ------------ - Some cached metadata is no longer cached (pkginfo). Previously, this was defaulted to a one day cache for some package information. If we need to bring this back, we can. TU Proposals ------------ - A valid username is now required for any addition or removal of a TU. RPC --- - `type=get-comment-form` has been removed and is now located at `/pkgbase/{name}/comments/{id}/form`. - Support for versions 1-4 have been removed. - JSON key ordering is different than PHP's JSON. - `type=search` performance is overall slightly worse than PHP's. This should not heavily affect users, as a 3,000 record query is returned in roughly 0.20ms from a local standpoint. We will be working on this in aim to push it over PHP. Archives -------- - Added metadata archive `packages-meta-v1.json.gz`. - Added metadata archive `packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz`. - Enable this by passing `--extended` to `aurweb-mkpkglists`. Performance Changes ------------------- As is expected from a complete rewrite of the website, performance has changed across the board. In most places, Python's implementation now performs better than the pre-existing PHP implementation, with the exception of a few routes. Notably: - `/` loads much quicker as it is now persistently cached forcibly for five minutes at a time. - `/packages` search is much quicker. - `/packages/{name}` view is slightly slower; we are no longer caching various pieces of package info for `cache_pkginfo_ttl`, which is defaulted to 86400 seconds, or one day. - Request actions are slower due to the removal of the `via` parameter. We now query the database for requests related to the action based on the current state of the DB. - `/rpc?type=info` queries are slightly quicker. - `/rpc?type=search` queries of low result counts are quicker. - `/rpc?type=search` queries of large result counts (> 2500) are slower. - We are not satisfied with this. We'll be working on pushing this over the edge along with the rest of the DB-intensive routes. However, the speed degredation is quite negligible for users' experience: 0.12ms PHP vs 0.15ms Python on a 3,000 record query on my local 4-core 8-thread system. Upcoming Work ------------- This release is the first major release of the Python implementation. We have multiple tasks up for work immediately, which will bring us a few more minor versions forward as they are completed. - Update request and tu vote pagers [Missing] - SSO support for accounts.archlinux.org - Archive differentials - Archive mimetypes - (a) Git scripts to ORM conversion - (a) Sharness removal - Restriction of number of requests users can submit -- Kevin Morris Software & Linux Enthusiast

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[aur-general] v6.0.0 AUR RPC Changes
by Kevin Morris 05 Feb '22

05 Feb '22

Hello RPC users, There are a few problematic changes that have occurred with the aurweb v6.0.0 release regarding the RPC that I'd like to address here. With the v6.0.0 release, aurweb no longer uses PHP. Previously, the Wiki has shown `/rpc.php` being used to query the RPC, which did work and was completely valid. This was an oversight by me during the port. The wiki has since been updated to reflect the current RPC API, which hosts its documentation at https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc by providing no arguments. In addition, trailing slashes are now rewritten to their unslashed counterparts. As issues were discovered, I've patched a few things into the new implementation: for RPC and only RPC, we will support non-redirected trailing slashes. This removes the redirect issue from the equation from clients that have encountered issues like yay and yaourt. Issues: - trailing slash redirects, a lot of clients don't follow redirects - /rpc.php no longer works Fixes: - fix(rpc): remove trailing slash redirection - https://gitlab.archlinux.org/kevr/aurweb/-/commit/0c1bd982ea0958722366bc5a1… - temporarily support /rpc.php/? - https://gitlab.archlinux.org/kevr/aurweb/-/commit/101de8e7b18916dd84ae52d39… These changes will be deployed out to https://aur.archlinux.org within several (6-8) hours from now. A follow-up reply will be given regarding this. Regarding `/rpc.php`, we will continue to support this for one month. At that time (Fri 4th, Mar 2022), we will remove support for that specific endpoint completely. This allows users to use their helpers to upgrade themselves. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks to a ton of AUR helpers for patching this quickly. Regards, Kevin -- Kevin Morris Software & Linux Enthusiast

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Re: [aur-general] changing submitter?
by Thomas 15 Jan '22

15 Jan '22

Hi Ricardo, Yea that was the first thing i tried but it won't change the submitter but only maintainer and packager.. Trying to find a contact who can change that.. :( Thx Thomas > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:45:24 +0100 > From: Ricardo Band <email(a)ricardo.band> > To: aur-general(a)lists.archlinux.org > Subject: Re: [aur-general] changing submitter? > Message-ID: > <2503cfda3abe17da212b80a1c8b044158e325da4.camel(a)ricardo.band> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Thu, 2022-01-13 at 13:22 +0100, Thomas via aur-general wrote: >> >> Is it possible to change the submitter which is shown? >> If so what do I need to do? > > You could disown the package and grap it with the other one. > > -- > Greetings > > Ricardo Band > > https:// www.ricardo.band > mailto:// email(a)ricardo.band

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[aur-general] changing submitter?
by Thomas 13 Jan '22

13 Jan '22

Hi, I have 2 accounts and accidentially submitted a package with the wrong account... :( Is it possible to change the submitter which is shown? If so what do I need to do? thanks in advance Thomas

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[aur-general] laptop broke, co-maintainers needed.
by zoorat 10 Jan '22

10 Jan '22

hey everyone, i was maintaining few packages for a while now... but my laptop fan broke and cant find the necessary part anywhere to fix this thing, and my family is not interested about letting me buy another one, at least not now, because i have a major exam ahead... it sucks. anyway, i want some co-maintainer who can keep those packages update to date for now, i will try to get back as soon as possible. if you want to co-maintain then please reply to this mail with your username, and i dont have any requirement but i hope your account it quite old... i will get back in few days and make you the co-maintainer, thanks a lot for helping me. btw, i dont know much about co-maintaining... tell me what i should do and shouldn't... yours, zoorat. p.s. im in rush, dont mind my bad english.

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Re: [aur-general] laptop broke, co-maintainers needed.
by Amin Vakil 09 Jan '22

09 Jan '22

> if you want to co-maintain then please reply to this mail with your username, > and i dont have any requirement but i hope your account it quite old... > i will get back in few days and make you the co-maintainer, > thanks a lot for helping me. > I can help co-maintaining python-spotdl. My username is aminvakil. Best Regards, Amin Vakil

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[aur-general] Request to add makedumpfile to community repo
by Guilherme G. Piccoli 07 Jan '22

07 Jan '22

Hi folks, first of all thanks for maintaining Arch Linux - it's a very great distro to use! So, I'm working in a potential kdump package for Arch - I've been working for some time in Ubuntu/Debian kdump and it was a surprise when I started to use Arch and noticed that we don't have a kdump package (or in case we have something, please let me know and apologies in advance). Anyway, kdump functionality requires some components, like kexec, makedumpfile (to collect compressed dumps - a must if you ask me) and the crash utility to analyze the core dumps (although there are more tools for that). Currently, both kexec and crash are present in the official repositories (extra and community, respectively). Makedumpfile is maintained in AUR - very well maintainer I should add, thanks to Maurizio. But I'd like to request, if possible, to bump makedumpfile to community repository - I think it makes sense to have this package in the repos along with crash and kexec, so a potential kdump package in AUR would depend only on pre-built official packages. I'd like to help making that happen - just let me know what I can do. By reading the documentation in the wikis, it seems it's a good idea to propose packages that: - have at least some votes -> makedumpfile is OK in this respect; - well-maintained in AUR -> ditto for makedumpfile; - are useful -> I consider makedumpfile very useful, I'd say essential for kdump; So, if any TU wants to adopt it, I'd be really happy and grateful. Thanks in advance, and please let me know your feedback on this request. Cheers, Guilherme

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[aur-general] Stop deleting texlive-dummy and texlive-upstream
by slbtty 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

Hi, It is obviously the one who request and confirm the deletion of the texlive-dummy and texlive-upstream doesn't know why they are existed. The delection request this [1] : """ Dummy pkgbuild which wrongfully conflicts and replaces texlive system packages """ Exactly! We don't want to use the system texlive at all. We want the conflict and replace the system texlive. The texlive in official repo is out-dated and unable to pull other packages from CPAN. The system texlive and the dependencies on it is broken. The TeXlive installed by official installer (from texlive.org) is superior and much better for serious users, and we really don't need the system one. If you google "archlinux texlive dummy", you know what ? You can get a lot of pages about "texlive dummy package on AUR". However, the package is GONE. Stop breaking this existing, proven to work and perfect solution. Please stop deleting them! Please restore both texlive-dummy and texlive-upstream. Please check how many upvotes and popularity that those two packages got. [1] https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-requests/2022-January/064689.html https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-requests/2022-January/064789.html https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-requests/2022-January/064691.html slbtty

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[aur-general] Clarification for Deletion request #30701
by silentnoodle 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

hey all, Today a package i co maintain (telegram-desktop-bin) was deleted because "Package exists in official community repo", but since we used prebuilt binary as source I did not think that would have applied. So guess I'd just like a word on what the first point in the rules of submission means: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines#Rules_of_submiss… Cheers, Ben a.k.a silentnoodle

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