Re: [aur-general] Orphaning mediatomb
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:06:02 -0600 Mike Bedwell wrote: > On 10/23/2011 09:10 PM, Jonathan Conder wrote: > > On 24 October 2011 01:42, Dieter Plaetinck > > wrote: > >> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:10:48 +1300 > >> Jonathan Conder wrote: > >> > >>> Hi TUs, > >>> > >>> In a few days I will be orphaning my package mediatomb, and will > >>> delete it too unless anyone is interested in maintaining it. It > >>> has been unmaintained upstream for over a year, and currently I > >>> don't have enough time to deal with the issues that keep cropping > >>> up because of this. At the moment it isn't even installed on my > >>> main computer. Thought I'd just let people know first, in case > >>> anyone else is interested in maintaining it, and to give my > >>> reasons for dropping it. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Jonathan > >> why would you delete the package? > >> I still use MT. orphan as you want, but it's not because upstream > >> is inactive that you should remove the package IMHO. > > I was under the impression that it didn't currently work, but on > > closer inspection it looks like one of the bugs was invalid. Maybe > > it should stay then, but unless someone is willing to maintain it I > > think we should encourage new users to look for an alternative (by > > removing it from the repos). > > > >> Dieter > I'm just a noob to the lists, but I don't understand why > non-maintained mediatomb equates to a package that is no longer > relevant to anyone. Unless it is severely broken, I would think that > many would appreciate it continuing on in the repos. At worst, don't > delete it, but relegate it to AUR instead. I use mediatomb in my > home and would hate to see a loss of the package. In aur, most are > aware that, "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit". Btw, i falsely assumed that MT was already in AUR and Jonathan planned to remove it from AUR. so I'm not sure what exactly he meant with "dropping" then... removing from the repo but not uploading in AUR? that only means someone else will create a new PKGBUILD and upload it to AUR. you could save that person some work :) Dieter
Re: [aur-general] [broadcom-wl] kernel panic
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Gaetan Bisson wrote: > [2011-10-24 01:44:50 -0200] Vitor Eiji Justus Sakaguti: >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Dave Reisner wrote: >> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:45:04AM -0200, Vitor Eiji Justus Sakaguti wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Just a heads up to all users of broadcom-wl: a lot of people (myself >> >> included) have been reporting kernel panics at boot time after upgrade >> >> to current version, so if you're planing to upgrade, be sure to have a >> >> live cd around to chroot into your system. >> >> There are still no known workarounds other than blacklisting the wl >> >> module (thus disabling wireless board) or removing the package. >> >> >> >> [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514 >> >> >> >> Good luck! >> >> Vitor >> > >> > Or just blacklist the module from the kernel cmdline via >> > "modprobe.blacklist=wl". >> >> Kind of what I said (less verbosely). > > No. Dave's point is that you don't need a LiveCD: you can just add > "modprobe.blacklist=wl" as a parameter to your kernel in the boot > loader. If you look at the comments, you'll see that blacklisting didn't work for hermes14, so I thought other people might run into this problem as well. Better safe than sorry :) But thanks for taking the time to look at this, everyone!
Re: [aur-general] Orphaning mediatomb
- Original message - > On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:06:02 -0600 > Mike Bedwell wrote: > > > On 10/23/2011 09:10 PM, Jonathan Conder wrote: > > > On 24 October 2011 01:42, Dieter Plaetinck > > > wrote: > > > > On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:10:48 +1300 > > > > Jonathan Conder wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi TUs, > > > > > > > > > > In a few days I will be orphaning my package mediatomb, and will > > > > > delete it too unless anyone is interested in maintaining it. It > > > > > has been unmaintained upstream for over a year, and currently I > > > > > don't have enough time to deal with the issues that keep cropping > > > > > up because of this. At the moment it isn't even installed on my > > > > > main computer. Thought I'd just let people know first, in case > > > > > anyone else is interested in maintaining it, and to give my > > > > > reasons for dropping it. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Jonathan > > > > why would you delete the package? > > > > I still use MT. orphan as you want, but it's not because upstream > > > > is inactive that you should remove the package IMHO. > > > I was under the impression that it didn't currently work, but on > > > closer inspection it looks like one of the bugs was invalid. Maybe > > > it should stay then, but unless someone is willing to maintain it I > > > think we should encourage new users to look for an alternative (by > > > removing it from the repos). > > > > > > > Dieter > > I'm just a noob to the lists, but I don't understand why > > non-maintained mediatomb equates to a package that is no longer > > relevant to anyone. Unless it is severely broken, I would think that > > many would appreciate it continuing on in the repos. At worst, don't > > delete it, but relegate it to AUR instead. I use mediatomb in my > > home and would hate to see a loss of the package. In aur, most are > > aware that, "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit". > > Btw, i falsely assumed that MT was already in AUR and Jonathan planned > to remove it from AUR. so I'm not sure what exactly he meant with > "dropping" then... removing from the repo but not uploading in AUR? that > only means someone else will create a new PKGBUILD and upload it to AUR. > you could save that person some work :) > > Dieter > Sorry for the confusion. By 'drop' I meant move it from community to the AUR. Jonathan
[aur-general] Orphan Request: eclipse-dltk-* packages maintained by emphire
Ref: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/dltk/downloads/drops/R3.0/S-3.0.1-201108261011/ All eclipse-dltk-* packages are out of date since August/September. While I have flagged rest of them just yesterday, eclipse-dltk-python was flagged since 2nd October, 2011. These out-of-date packages, in addition to some comments posted, make it apparent that emphire is no more interested or too busy to maintain these packages any more (no offence). As I already maintain eclipse-platform and some related stuff, I am willing to adopt these packages if orphaned. In addition, I am thinking if bundling these packages under a single package (eclipse-dltk or eclipse-dltk-bundle) makes better sense. (see the all-in-one bundle and integration components in dltk download page) Knowledgeable/experienced Eclipse users and maintainers, please suggest. Thanks, Shanto
[aur-general] Removal Request
Please remove perl-icontrol. Author has renamed the module and re-based the version (I have a new PKGBUILD ready). Cheers. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52207 -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz)
[aur-general] Please remove kernel26-crusoe
Hey guys, Word has it that the newest glibc was compiled without long noops (nopl), which makes my kernel26-crusoe package obsolete. If this is true, would someone please remove it? I have a backup :) Thanks! -Max
[aur-general] TU Resignation
*sigh* I dreaded having to write this message. If anyone has noticed, I've been inactive in the Arch community for at least two or three weeks now, and my TU duties haven't been fulfilled in at least as long, if not more. With the start of the academic year, I was hopeful for enough spare time to continue what I enjoy (TU-ing, hobbies, both computer and non-computer related) ~ looks like I was sorely mistaken. Operating on the minimum amount of sleep that a human can survive on is not enjoyable, in case you were wondering. All laziness and time-lacking aside, both of my production machines have been fried due to power surges (which components, I yet don't know), and are now reduced to nothing more than fancy metal boxes. This leaves me with an old Thinkpad, but that's not even running Arch at the moment (/heresy), and it's a P4, so trying to manage multicore packages from there would be a no-go. It's just a very frustrating time, and I don't feel that I'm capable of being an active package maintainer considering the circumstances. Hopefully I can reapply sometime in the future if things fall back into place. My packages are, as far as I know, *mostly* up-to-date, although a month's absence can create a bit of mayhem. I will try my best to contribute and close out any open bug reports that I may be assigned to, but I can't make any definite promises. It's been a nice run guys, I hope to see you 'round. Sincerely, Brad p.s. there were some personal issues as well, but I don't really feel the need to get into those here ~ we can let Xyne speculate with one of his riveting stories
Re: [aur-general] TU Resignation
On 25.10.2011 06:47, Brad Fanella wrote: > *sigh* I dreaded having to write this message. If anyone has noticed, I've > been inactive in the Arch community for at least two or three weeks now, and > my TU duties haven't been fulfilled in at least as long, if not more. > > With the start of the academic year, I was hopeful for enough spare time to > continue what I enjoy (TU-ing, hobbies, both computer and non-computer > related) ~ looks like I was sorely mistaken. Operating on the minimum amount > of sleep that a human can survive on is not enjoyable, in case you were > wondering. > > All laziness and time-lacking aside, both of my production machines have > been fried due to power surges (which components, I yet don't know), and are > now reduced to nothing more than fancy metal boxes. This leaves me with an > old Thinkpad, but that's not even running Arch at the moment (/heresy), and > it's a P4, so trying to manage multicore packages from there would be a > no-go. It's just a very frustrating time, and I don't feel that I'm capable > of being an active package maintainer considering the circumstances. > Hopefully I can reapply sometime in the future if things fall back into > place. > > My packages are, as far as I know, *mostly* up-to-date, although a month's > absence can create a bit of mayhem. I will try my best to contribute and > close out any open bug reports that I may be assigned to, but I can't make > any definite promises. > > It's been a nice run guys, I hope to see you 'round. > > Sincerely, > Brad > > p.s. there were some personal issues as well, but I don't really feel the > need to get into those here ~ we can let Xyne speculate with one of his > riveting stories Brad, I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully you'll find some time again in the future. The computer stuff for packaging should be a problem we could easily sort out though as we have a fast buildbox. Wish you all the best. -- Sven-Hendrik
Re: [aur-general] TU Resignation
On 25 October 2011 12:47, Brad Fanella wrote: > p.s. there were some personal issues as well, but I don't really feel the > need to get into those here ~ we can let Xyne speculate with one of his > riveting stories Sorry to hear about this especially. Anyway, thanks for all your work. Take care and good luck! -- GPG/PGP ID: 8AADBB10
Re: [aur-general] TU Resignation
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:47:20PM -0500, Brad Fanella wrote: > *sigh* I dreaded having to write this message. If anyone has noticed, I've > been inactive in the Arch community for at least two or three weeks now, and > my TU duties haven't been fulfilled in at least as long, if not more. > > With the start of the academic year, I was hopeful for enough spare time to > continue what I enjoy (TU-ing, hobbies, both computer and non-computer > related) ~ looks like I was sorely mistaken. Operating on the minimum amount > of sleep that a human can survive on is not enjoyable, in case you were > wondering. > > [...] > > It's been a nice run guys, I hope to see you 'round. > > Sincerely, > Brad > > p.s. there were some personal issues as well, but I don't really feel the > need to get into those here ~ we can let Xyne speculate with one of his > riveting stories I just checked our SVN log: $ svn log | grep -c bfanella 1000 Nice number, and maybe another clue for Xyne :) Apart from that, I can only endorse what Stefan and Ray already said: Thanks for your great work and all the best for the future, Brad!
