Re: [aur-general] arch=('i686')
All clear for me, thank you all. 2009/8/5, Gergely Imreh imr...@gmail.com: 2009/8/5 Lucas Salies Brum lu...@archlinux.com.br: How do I know that a package will work in an architecture different from mine? Read the documents that the original coders wrote to see whether there's any indication that it won't. Try to test it if you can. Ask people with other platforms to test it. (I think usually there's very good feedback on AUR for such things, sometimes even advice how to fix it when it does not work). If you are really hardcore, have a virtual machine set up with Arch of the other architecture, so you can test it directly. But that's mostly overkill... Cheers, Greg -- --- Lucas Saliés Brum http://sistematico.org lsbrum @ irc.freenode.org
Re: [aur-general] TU application: Laszlo Papp
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 16:20, Laszlo Pappdjsza...@gmail.com wrote: Hello TUs! Thanks this discussion period for you! It was very edifying for me, really thank you. Even though I still have my doubts about whether or not you're a good for for the TU team here, I really have to commend you. I don't recall anyone taking our criticism with such aplomb. I think that the decision to keep improving will only help you. Kudos to you :)
Re: [aur-general] TU application: Laszlo Papp
Laszlo Papp schrieb: Hello TUs! Thanks this discussion period for you! It was very edifying for me, really thank you. It was a very special applicance, because of large amount of mails, and with some doubts, critics. I hope I didn't hurt anybody with my answers, and with this application, but if did that, really sorry, I wouldn't have liked to do that. I decided so not to start the voting period now. Maybe I could get some vote, but this is absolutely unimportant for me. Instead of it, I will try to improve myself, where I'm lacking. I will try to dispel the doubts there are around me, maybe this 5 five days wasn't enough for you, and I accept it. It will be weird, but I'm happy with your mentality, and behaviour not to choose everybody into the team. (If anybody knows the history of gentoo developer team, he/she will understand this sentence :) ) At last, I really thank you everything for Stefan, he is a great person, he helped me tirelessly so much, I don't know how to give back it, but forever gratitude for him ;) Best Regards, Laszlo Papp Hello, I want to express my respect for Laszlo's decision. It will hopefully correct some of the doubts and critics that came up in the animated discussion, and at least to me this decision is a very mature and honorable one. So I want to thank Laszlo for his fairness in this discussion, and wish him all the best. Laszlo, I hope you are not too disappointed, and that you do not stop supporting and contributing. From that I know from you I think this will not be the case. I wish you all the best. Best Regards Stefan
[aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Hi,
the nbd package at AUR, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9691,
has been out-of-date for quite a while. I have an updated PKGBUILD
(attached below) and wonder whether there is a way to make that update
happen even if the maintainer of that package has apparently lost
interest.
Take care,
Peter
# Contributor: Gerhard Baruer ger...@archlinux.de
pkgname=nbd
pkgver=2.9.12
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc=Tools for network block devices, allowing you to use remote block
devices over TCP/IP.
url=http://nbd.sourceforge.net;
source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2)
depends=('glib2')
license=('GPL')
arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'ppc')
md5sums=('ba96954c3dadcd51a6bc30d13e635dc7')
build()
{
cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
./configure --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
make DESTDIR=${startdir}/pkg install || return 1
}
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Don't use $startdir in ur PKGBUILDS and well u can try leaving a comment then email him, then if no answer after so long then u can ask TU to orphan the pkg so u could adopt it and upload it Peter Simons wrote: Hi, the nbd package at AUR, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9691, has been out-of-date for quite a while. I have an updated PKGBUILD (attached below) and wonder whether there is a way to make that update happen even if the maintainer of that package has apparently lost interest. Take care, Peter
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Hello Peter! And you will be the maintainer, if i know well. And after all you can use namcap PKGBUILD namcap *.pkg.tar.gz to check errors/warnings. Best Regards, Laszlo Papp
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Hi Nathan, Well u can try leaving a comment then email him, then if no answer after so long then u can ask TU to orphan the pkg so u could adopt it and upload it. I did leave a message on AUR long ago and I also e-mailed the original author. Unfortunately, I got no response so far. So, I wonder how exactly do I ask TU to orphan the package? My assumption was that I could accomplish that by posting to this very list? Take care, Peter
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Just make the subject like Please orphan PKGNAME and in the body explain that u tried to contact the author and no response, then they will probably orphan it for you :-) Peter Simons wrote: Hi Nathan, Well u can try leaving a comment then email him, then if no answer after so long then u can ask TU to orphan the pkg so u could adopt it and upload it. I did leave a message on AUR long ago and I also e-mailed the original author. Unfortunately, I got no response so far. So, I wonder how exactly do I ask TU to orphan the package? My assumption was that I could accomplish that by posting to this very list? Take care, Peter
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Hello Peter! Just wait for a 'done' message, it won't last so much :) Best Regards, Laszlo Papp
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Laszlo would you stop, he asked me, u keep replying to when i try to help, i know ur trying to impress the TU's but your annoying me and some other TUs Laszlo Papp wrote: Hello Peter! Just wait for a 'done' message, it won't last so much :) Best Regards, Laszlo Papp
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Laszlo would you stop, he asked me, u keep replying to when i try to help, i know ur trying to impress the TU's but your annoying me and some other TUs I totally agree. He is annoying. I'm not a TU or even an 'active' community member, but I must point that his behaviour is strange. Hope he will get a chance to proof his candidate to a TU, but not now, as there are to many doubts, IMO, on him, and not with such methods. -- Dmitry Ostasevich
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 18:18, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote: Laszlo would you stop, he asked me, u keep replying to when i try to help, i know ur trying to impress the TU's but your annoying me and some other TUs While I think your message is well-intentioned, you should probably work on your wording a little bit.. Let's keep the ML on topic and civil please.
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Yeah I have a habbit of using 'u' for 'you' and not using caps Daenyth Blank wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 18:18, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote: Laszlo would you stop, he asked me, u keep replying to when i try to help, i know ur trying to impress the TU's but your annoying me and some other TUs While I think your message is well-intentioned, you should probably work on your wording a little bit.. Let's keep the ML on topic and civil please.
Re: [aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 22:44, nathan owe.ndowen...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah I have a habbit of using 'u' for 'you' and not using caps I think you missed my point... I wasn't referring to your writing style, but what you were actually saying.
