Re: [arch-general] {external, general}ized hooks in key packages [kernel26, ???] (WAS: Re: Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs)
Excerpts from Timothy L.'s message of 2011-06-13 15:10:16 -0400: ... I'm a novice when it comes to this kind of stuff, but adding simple hooks doesn't seem to needlessly complicate a user's system. It's something a user would never notice unless they actually needed to use the functionality it provided. Just to clarify, when people talk about keeping it simple and the Arch way, they are not talking about having a simple, clean interface for the user, they are talking about keeping the system itself simple, as to reduce the likelihood of bugs, to make maintenance simpler, to make extending the system easier, etc.. -- David Campbell
Re: [arch-general] Why are financial contributions not accepted?
Excerpts from Ray Kohler's message of 2011-04-30 22:13:24 -0400: The donations were done via PayPal and those in charge decided PayPal wasn't trustworthy for use by non-profit organizations who don't have official government non-profit status. Have the leadership of Arch considered applying for official non-profit status or joining an organization such as the Software Freedom Conservancy[1]? [1]: http://sfconservancy.org/overview/ -- David Campbell
Re: [arch-general] [arch-releng] Default Bootloader for AIF
Excerpts from Dieter Plaetinck's message of 2011-03-27 10:01:35 -0400: If I want to support GPT I will need decent utilities from upstream. I know about parted and sgdisk but I need a toolset for: - interactive partitioning Because I was not too happy with doing interactive partitioning with parted, I started a project [cparted][1]. I thought it was going to be ready for use soon, but then realized it has some issues (alignment wrong, fixing alignment had other unwanted side effects), and am not sure how soon they will be fixed. But this brings up a couple questions. If cparted is in good working order, would it be considered for use with AIF? Is having Python and [pyparted][2] as dependencies OK? [1]: https://github.com/davekong/cparted [2]: https://fedorahosted.org/pyparted/ - scripted partitioning (for auto-installs) You can run parted in --script mode. - the input format for the scripts should be similar/the same whether you use MBR or GPT. The input format would be the same. -- David Campbell
Re: [arch-general] Default Bootloader for AIF
Excerpts from Matthew Gyurgyik's message of 2011-03-13 14:01:16 -0400: Now that there is Syslinux support in AIF, should AIF select Syslinux as the Default bootloader? Does Syslinux play nicely with parted and GPT disklabels? Should Arch be trying to move toward a default bootloader that seamlessly supports GPT disklabels? -- David Campbell
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Vi package
Excerpts from Allan McRae's message of 2011-02-10 17:12:54 -0500: Is the current vi package actually usable for an install by someone more familiar with it? Yes, I have used it a few times, and prefer it over nano. -- David Campbell
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] away Nov. 15-23 (to NYC)
Excerpts from Matthew Monaco's message of 2010-11-01 18:59:25 -0400: On 10/27/2010 04:55 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: Nov. 15-23 I'll be away (I'll be in NY city) If any Arch dev/user is in the area during that time, let me know, we could hook up. Dieter I work in Rockefeller Center (49th and 6th). Anyone else? I live in Brooklyn by the President St subway stop (and the Brooklyn Museum of Art). -- David Campbell
[arch-general] [ABS][PATCH] Switch Contributor line with Maintainer line.
This was already done with the prototypes in the pacman repository and should
be done with these as well.
---
prototypes/PKGBUILD-bzr.proto |2 +-
prototypes/PKGBUILD-cvs.proto |2 +-
prototypes/PKGBUILD-darcs.proto |2 +-
prototypes/PKGBUILD-git.proto |2 +-
prototypes/PKGBUILD-gnome.proto |2 +-
prototypes/PKGBUILD-haskell.proto |2 +-
prototypes/PKGBUILD-hg.proto |4 ++--
prototypes/PKGBUILD-perl.proto|2 +-
prototypes/PKGBUILD-rubygem.proto |2 +-
prototypes/PKGBUILD-svn.proto |2 +-
10 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-bzr.proto b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-bzr.proto
index d3e41fe..ac3ecf2 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-bzr.proto
+++ b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-bzr.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_PKGBUILD_Guidelines
# for more information on packaging from Bazaar sources.
-# Contributor: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
+# Maintainer: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
pkgname=NAME-bzr
pkgver=VERSION
pkgrel=1
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-cvs.proto b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-cvs.proto
index 520087d..7e93cfd 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-cvs.proto
+++ b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-cvs.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_PKGBUILD_Guidelines
# for more information on packaging from CVS sources.
-# Contributor: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
+# Maintainer: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
pkgname=NAME-cvs
pkgver=VERSION
pkgrel=1
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-darcs.proto b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-darcs.proto
index 0c3377c..821c4e2 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-darcs.proto
+++ b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-darcs.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_PKGBUILD_Guidelines
# for more information on packaging from darcs sources.
-# Contributor: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
+# Maintainer: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
pkgname=NAME-darcs
pkgver=VERSION
pkgrel=1
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-git.proto b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-git.proto
index 3bbfddb..e00363f 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-git.proto
+++ b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-git.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_PKGBUILD_Guidelines
# for more information on packaging from GIT sources.
-# Contributor: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
+# Maintainer: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
pkgname=NAME-git
pkgver=VERSION
pkgrel=1
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-gnome.proto b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-gnome.proto
index 8c7b695..c361501 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-gnome.proto
+++ b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-gnome.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gnome_package_guidelines for more
# information on Gnome packaging.
-# Contributor: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
+# Maintainer: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
pkgname=NAME
pkgver=VERSION
pkgrel=1
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-haskell.proto
b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-haskell.proto
index 6d7322f..cc988f2 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-haskell.proto
+++ b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-haskell.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Haskell_package_guidelines for more
# information on Haskell packaging.
-# Contributor: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
+# Maintainer: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
pkgname=NAME
pkgver=VERSION
pkgrel=1
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-hg.proto b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-hg.proto
index c589991..f6ee05b 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-hg.proto
+++ b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-hg.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_PKGBUILD_Guidelines
# for more information on packaging from Mercurial(hg) sources.
-# Contributor: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
+# Maintainer: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
pkgname=NAME-hg
pkgver=VERSION
pkgrel=1
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ build() {
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make DESTDIR=$pkgdir/ install
-}
+}
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-perl.proto b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-perl.proto
index 2f8759a..4aa765b 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-perl.proto
+++ b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-perl.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Perl_Package_Guidelines for more
# information on Perl packaging.
-# Contributor: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
+# Maintainer: Your Name yourem...@domain.com
pkgname=perl-foo-bar
pkgver=VERSION
pkgrel=1
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-rubygem.proto
b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-rubygem.proto
index c3b5533..e1768e3 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-rubygem.proto
+++ b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-rubygem.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ruby_Gem_Package_Guidelines for more
# information on Ruby Gem packaging.
-# Contributor: YourName YourEmail AT example DOT com
+# Maintainer: YourName YourEmail AT example DOT com
pkgname=ruby-GEMNAME
pkgver=VERSION
pkgrel=1
diff --git a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-svn.proto b/prototypes/PKGBUILD-svn.proto
index 588423b..b806aca 100644
--- a/prototypes/PKGBUILD-svn.proto
Re: [arch-general] rc.conf man page
Excerpts from Dave Reisner's message of 2010-08-23 14:59:11 -0400: *ROUTES (array)*:: A list of routes to be created. For each item in this list, the 'network' service expects to find a variable of the same name to exist providing a string of parameters to be passed to the 'route' command in order to create the route. Routes can prevented from being created by prefixing with a '!' symbol. For a variable to be found it must exist, so to exist is redundant. The last sentence should read, Routes can be..., not Routes can prevented..., or better yet, Prevent a route from being created by prefixing it with a bang (!).. I like this manpage, although, I am not so sure it is wise to have a manpage for rc.conf. rc.conf is well commented, and if there is a manpage, the two will have to be kept in sync with each other. Having the code with the documentation also makes understanding the documentation easier. I suggest either adding to the comments in rc.conf if they are not sufficient, or leaving out of the manpage information that can already be found in rc.conf. -- David Campbell
Re: [arch-general] Package changelog
Excerpts from Evangelos Foutras's message of 2010-08-23 19:28:31 -0400: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Magnus Therning mag...@therning.org wrote: I just found out about the changelog= directive for PKGBUILDs. However I can't really find more detailed information about it, e.g. is there a specific format that I have to follow? Where can I find more info? /M See the manual page for PKGBUILD (i.e.: `man PKGBUILD'). And see /use/share/pacman/ChangeLog.proto for an example of the layout. The variable was a feature added with pacman 3.4.0 and the wiki does not appear to have been updated yet. -- David Campbell
[arch-general] [namcap] [PATCH] Check for packages that should be 'any'
If a package has no elf files but is not 'any', throw a warning saying that the package could be 'any'. --- Namcap/anyelf.py | 18 ++ namcap-tags |1 + 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Namcap/anyelf.py b/Namcap/anyelf.py index f3414af..c037ff0 100644 --- a/Namcap/anyelf.py +++ b/Namcap/anyelf.py @@ -33,20 +33,22 @@ class package: def short_name(self): return anyelf def long_name(self): - return If package is 'any' architecture, check for ELF files + return Check for ELF files to see if a package should be 'any' + architecture def prereq(self): return extract def analyze(self, pkginfo, data): ret = [[], [], []] - if pkginfo.arch and pkginfo.arch[0] != 'any': - return ret found_elffiles = [] - os.path.walk(data, scanelf, found_elffiles) - if len(found_elffiles) 0: - for i in found_elffiles: - ret[0].append((elffile-in-any-package %s, i)) - + + if pkginfo.arch and pkginfo.arch[0] == 'any': + if len(found_elffiles) 0: + for i in found_elffiles: + ret[0].append((elffile-in-any-package %s, i)) + else: + if len(found_elffiles) == 0: + ret[1].append((no-elffiles-and-not-any-package, ())) return ret def type(self): diff --git a/namcap-tags b/namcap-tags index acb8e9c..4040136 100644 --- a/namcap-tags +++ b/namcap-tags @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ missing-license :: Missing license missing-maintainer :: Missing Maintainer tag missing-checksums :: Missing checksums missing-url :: Missing url +no-elffiles-and-not-any-package :: No ELF files and not an any package non-fhs-info-page %s :: Non-FHS info page (%s) found. Use /usr/share/info instead non-fhs-man-page %s :: Non-FHS man page (%s) found. Use /usr/share/man instead not-a-common-license %s :: %s is not a common license (it's not in /usr/share/licenses/common/) -- 1.7.1.1
