[aur-general] How to contribute to AUR?

[Doug Newgard]

It is, but why are you leaving the "v" at the beginning of the pkgver? When releases are made, they don't start with a "v", do they?

> From: cdprincipe at gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:58:24 +0200
> To: aur-general at archlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [aur-general] How to contribute to AUR?
> 
> I'm the mantainer of whiskermenu (git version)
> My PKGBUILD is more sexy
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-git/
> 
> *Diego*
> 
> 
> 2013/6/26 Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska at gmail.com>
> 
>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Ralf Mardorf
>> <info.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi :)
>>>
>>> I'm new to this list. I'm uncertain, but perhaps I'll maintain audio
>>> packages, however, I've to learn how to do it, so I started with a test
>>> PKGBUILD for a non-audio app I wanted to test.
>>>
>>> IIUC what's written at
>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Packaging_Standards the below
>>> example needs just the following changes to become a valid PKGBUILD:
>>>
>>> - I need to remove the # text lines, or should add useful text
>>> - remove # Contributor and add # Maintainer with my real name
>>> - should add an URL
>>> - if it shouldn't build from git/svn... I need to add a checksum
>>>
>>> *?*
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ralf
>>>
>>> $ cat /usr/src/whiskermenu/PKGBUILD
>>> # text : ###############################################################
>>> # text : PKGBUILD for the first time edited on my tablet PC
>>> # text : ###############################################################
>>>
>>> # Contributor : Batpackager <info.mardorf at rocketmail.com>
>>>
>>> pkgname=xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-git
>>> pkgver=20130626
>>> pkgrel=1
>>> pkgdesc="Alternate Xfce menu"
>>> arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
>>> license=('GPL2')
>>> makedepends=('git' 'cmake')
>>> depends=('xfce4-panel')
>>> provides=('xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin')
>>> conflicts=('xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin')
>>> _gitroot="https://github.com/gottcode/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.git"
>>> _gitname="xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin"
>>>
>>> build() {
>>>
>>> cd "$srcdir"
>>> msg "Connecting to https://github.com/gottcode..."
>>>
>>> if [ -d $_gitname ] ; then
>>> cd $_gitname && git pull origin
>>> msg "The local files are updated."
>>> else
>>> git clone --depth 1 $_gitroot
>>> fi
>>>
>>> msg "GIT checkout done or server timeout"
>>> msg "Starting make..."
>>>
>>> rm -rf "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
>>> cp -R "$srcdir/$_gitname" "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
>>> cd "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
>>> cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
>>> make
>>> }
>>>
>>> package() {
>>>
>>> cd "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
>>> make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install
>>>
>>
>> Where did you get this PKGBUILD template from? It’s outdated as hell.
>> The new fancy way is much different.
>>
>> Remove _gitroot. Under _gitname, insert:
>>
>> sources=("git://github.com/gottcode/${_gitname}.git")
>> md5sums=('SKIP')
>>
>> Then remove all the lines in build() before the cmake line, and above it,
>> put:
>>
>> cd "${srcdir}/${_gitname}"
>>
>>
>> In package(), replace the `cd` line with the above and put quotes
>> around ${pkgdir}. Moreover, you need a closing brace at the end of
>> package()
>>
>> Then, remove the comment lines and put a maintainer comment at the top.
>>
>> --
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