Re: [aur-general] package submission
Kyle k...@gmx.ca writes: Would lib be best, or is there something else that may fit better? How about multimedia? -- Chris
Re: [aur-general] Disown request
H.Gökhan SARI h...@difuzyon.net writes: Hello, Please disown package uget* so that i can adopt and update it. I dropped a comment for maintainer to update package but (s)he doesn't seem to be responding. Did you also try to email him? Some people don't receive comments. -- Chris
Re: [aur-general] Disown request
H.Gökhan SARI h...@difuzyon.net writes: Actually I didn't. Then I'll try that as well. Ok, great! Give him two weeks or so. If he doesn't answer, resend your request to the list, and it will be disowned. -- Chris
Re: [aur-general] TU Bylaws Amendment (SVP Section): Voting Period
Xyne x...@archlinux.ca writes: The voting period has begun. TUs, please vote: https://aur.archlinux.org/tu.php?id=45 Both the patch and the wiki page contain the following typo. I'll quote From the patch. + The proposal is rejected if EITHER + /p + ol + li + the number of NO votes is greater than or equal to the number of active + TUs have voted NO OR + /li + li + quorum was established and the number of NO votes is greater than or Shouldn't this be: the number of no votes is greater than or equal to half the number of active TUs? -- Chris pgpXRkUbOCDwx.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Tarball Guidelines
Dave Reisner d...@falconindy.com writes: As an author of one of these abominations, I (cower) make an assumption that the package can be found at /packages/%s/%s.tar.gz, simply because the URLPath provided in the JSON reply is not trustworthy. It seems as though the database is populated on upload, rather than after parsing, I think some of the old database entries are just stale. They weren't updated to reflect changes to the code. Case in point, hocr. Here's a curl command to retrieve the JSON data for that package: curl 'http://aur.archlinux.org/rpc.php?type=infoarg=hocr' -- Chris pgpOxEpcid9Q1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Fix the Bylaws?
Kaiting Chen kaitocr...@gmail.com writes: Let's take falconindy's vote as an example; at the moment he has seventeen votes for, one vote abstain, and zero votes against. There are thirty Trusted Users in total. Let us now assume that the remaining twelve Trusted Users are against falconindy becoming a Trusted User. In this case if each of them vote nay, then there will be seventeen votes for, twelve votes against and one vote abstained, which means that falconindy will be accepted as a Trusted User. However, if these remaining twelve Trusted Users are smart and adamant about their desire to block falconindy's application, they will simply *not vote*. Yes, and this would be behavior befitting an asshat. The bylaws implicitly assume that we're dealing with intelligent, cooperative, emotionally mature people. This assumption seems valid to me. Perhaps a quorum should be unnecessary when a clear majority of all TUs have voted for or against a given proposal. 17 of 30 constitute a clear majority. Would this be a reasonable amendment to the bylaws? If so, I'll propose it. -- Chris pgpPE7l5UG9Ko.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] removal proposal for Ranguvar take 2
Ionuț Bîru ib...@archlinux.org writes: 2) no commits in community since the addition. 3) he's not marked as inactive and conform bylaws this deviates from the above, above being, 5 days discussion period + 7 voting. Because of that i'm starting a 3 days discussion period and 5 days voting. If he had ever been active, I would probably vote against the proposal. I hate to see this sort of thing. Unfortunately, Ranguvar has been AWOL since he was elected. Removal seems appropriate. Ranguvar, you have my best wishes. -- Chris pgpMHuw3fmF1k.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Delete request
Renato Garcia fgar.ren...@gmail.com writes: Hi, There are a package python3-docs https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23989 in AUR. It is duplicated from python-docs on communit. Deleted, thanks. -- Chris pgpZbOjF1wqe9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] TU Application: Dave Reisner
Dave Reisner d...@falconindy.com writes: Please consider this my application to become a Trusted User. My name is Dave Reisner, and I'm 27 years old, As far as I can tell, you are strongly self-motivated. I admire that quality. You also have name-recognition in the community. You would make an excellent addition to the team. Good luck! -- Chris pgp7xowofZESI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] [deletion request] udev-systemd
Dave Reisner d...@falconindy.com writes: Please delete. Systemd support is now in testing/udev. Done. Please include a link to the package's AUR page in future requests. -- Chris pgpr7wDohSOvp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] deletion request
Seblu se...@seblu.net writes: package: dnstracer Reson: Is in community Deleted, thanks. -- Chris pgpqneOdZbFJU.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Package splitting
Gwenn Gueguen gwenn+...@beurre.demisel.net writes: I'm wondering how to split this into several packages... Does the following look OK? - pfring-module-svn for kernel module - pfring-driver-xxx-svn for kernel drivers (one per card driver: e1000e igb tg3 ...) - pfring-svn for userland (lib and includes) - snort-pfring-svn, tcpdump-pfring-svn... for pf_ring capable softwares (with conflicts=snort, conflicts=tcpdump...) Hi, That looks fine. Are you thinking of writing a split PKGBUILD? If so, realize that the AUR doesn't support them. You will need to write a separate PKGBUILD for each component. -- Chris pgp44zevvZhRH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] move acerhk to [unsupported]?
Sven-Hendrik Haase s...@lutzhaase.com writes: I'm using acerhk but I also have suspend trouble with it. It effectively stops working after the first suspend/resume cycle and I manually have to reload the module a few seconds after resuming. I could do without it. If it doesn't work with kernel 2.6.36, don't make the effort to patch it. Only rather old Acer laptops need it. I appreciate your feedback. It is now in the AUR and orphaned. -- Chris pgp3nEzFGGSJl.pgp Description: PGP signature
[aur-general] move acerhk to [unsupported]?
It won't build against kernel 2.6.36. There hasn't been a release in a long time. According to the homepage, the upstream author is no longer actively supporting it. IMHO, it should move. I could make more of an effort to patch it if someone is *really* interested. -- Chris pgpGLGqpVdiQ2.pgp Description: PGP signature
[aur-general] determining inverse AUR dependencies of binary packages
Hi all, I'll start this discussion with an example of the problem. I notice that python-sqlalchemy is about to change in [community]. Most of the packages which depend on it will need to change their dependency to python2-sqlalchemy. This is handled quite nicely for packages in the binary repositories. If you do a package search on www.archlinux.org, you'll see which packages require python-sqlalchemy. Likewise, it is easy to get a list of [unsupported] packages which require a given package from [unsupported]. However, I don't know of a way to get a list of [unsupported] packages which require a given package from the binary repositories. If it were possible to build such lists, we could contact maintainers of [unsupported] packages, in order to inform them of upcoming changes which require their attention. -- Chris pgp0lhl7rjCYv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Rename wouxun to own
Vitaliy Berdinskikh ur6...@i.ua writes: Please rename wouxun to owx Hello, It isn't possible to rename a package. I deleted wouxun. Feel free to upload owx. -- Chris 73 DE KB5KZZ pgpJY8YzwwgWm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] TU Application
Kaiting Chen kaitocr...@gmail.com writes: Hi aur-general, my name is Kaiting Chen and Xyne has decided to sponsor me Hi Kaiting, And I use C, C++, x86 ASM, Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, and Javascript on a daily basis. Whoa, that's quite a list. Just out of pure idle curiosity, what do you do with x86 assembly on a daily basis? I learned it years ago, and I even have a googleable code sample (look for Chris Brannon's uuencode). I've never used assembly for anything serious. I maintain a small cluster running Arch where I hand out free shell accounts to anyone who wants them. It's very nice of you to offer such a service! This list evinces a fundamental problem however that there is simply not enough manpower to maintain the current repositories. Because I am able (or hopefully will be deemed so by the powers that be/grant TU priveleges) I would like to help alleviate this condition. Arch allows me to focus on the work that I do; it should be obvious that helping to ensure that Arch functions smoothly and efficiently is a necessary task for anyone who has made this distribution a valuable part of their workflow. That's a wonderful statement of intent. I like your attitude. Good luck! -- Chris pgpaUIU6xfscq.pgp Description: PGP signature
[aur-general] pkgstats and unused [community] packages
I've been polling https://archlinux.de/?page=PackageStatistics regularly for several weeks, and I've noticed that roughly 50% of the packages in [community] are not installed by anyone. Can we get a list of these unused packages? Would it be a good idea to start moving them to [unsupported]? -- Chris pgpPdajmECCtr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] pkgstats and unused [community] packages
Xyne x...@archlinux.ca writes: Not all users submit stats so unless Arch installs spyware on everyone's system or pools download stats from the mirrors, those states are not sufficient to motivate removals. That's an excellent point. It is also fairly trivial to submit bogus data, though I doubt that anyone is doing so. Yes, one metric isn't good enough for determining what should stay and what should go. The more I think about it, the less I like the concept. -- Chris pgp1oeiUvNtWu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] pkgstats and unused [community] packages
Allan McRae al...@archlinux.org writes: I'd say only remove the packages that are orphans. Here's the list of [community] orphans with less than 1% usage, according to pkgstats: http://paste.xinu.at/98f5 -- Chris pgpjyyTkPiisA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Duplicate on AUR
François Boulogne boulogn...@gmail.com writes: Hello, There are 3 argparse packages on AUR: python3-argparse (OK) http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41466 Since argparse is part of the standard library in Python 2.7, python-argparse should go, shouldn't it? I think it will also be included in 3.2's standard library, so python3-argparse shouldn't be needed when python-3.2 is packaged. -- Chris pgpOQVklGn8Xm.pgp Description: PGP signature
[aur-general] everyone welcome our newest TU: Peter Lewis!
Votes: yes 19 no 1 abstain 1 Quorum was reached, and the application was accepted. Peter, please read the following document: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines. It contains a list of tasks which every new TU must complete. If you have not already done so, familiarize yourself with our bylaws: http://aur.archlinux.org/trusted-user/TUbylaws.html. Also, I have changed the status of your account on the AUR. Welcome to the team! -- Chris pgpbzAexvUFoT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] [arch-dev-public] The Great Python Rebuild of 2010 begins
Allan McRae al...@archlinux.org writes: That is great work by the TUs in the past week to do all those rebuilds in [community]. One TU did most of them. Of the 235 packages in [community-staging], 195 were rebuilt by Jakob Gruber. -- Chris pgppJwqAyRzYF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Move psyco from [community] to [unsupported]?
Thorsten Töpper atsut...@freethoughts.de writes: On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:59:51 +0300 Evangelos Foutras foutre...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Christopher Brannon cmbranno...@gmail.com wrote: * It won't build with Python 2.7. * It only supports i686. * Nothing depends on it. * Apparently, pypy is now preferred. Any objections? -- Chris No objection, let's move it. :) I agree, move it. Ok, I moved it. -- Chris pgpWCYxKybj54.pgp Description: PGP signature
[aur-general] Move psyco from [community] to [unsupported]?
* It won't build with Python 2.7. * It only supports i686. * Nothing depends on it. * Apparently, pypy is now preferred. Any objections? -- Chris pgpt1VXRKlDTH.pgp Description: PGP signature
[aur-general] voting period: Peter Lewis
Hello TUs, This message marks the start of the seven-day voting period for Peter Lewis's application to the position of Trusted User. If you wish to reread the application, find it here: http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2010-September/010751.html Good luck, Pete! -- Chris pgpizCe1m7fgg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] TU application.
Ionuț Bîru ib...@archlinux.org writes: indeed i like his application a lot. waiting for the voting period I'm waiting, myself. We still have two days of discussion period remaining. Usually, there's a flurry of discussion after the application, and then things are quiet for a few days. -- Chris pgp9iQqPyxmCs.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] TU application.
Peter Lewis p...@muddygoat.org writes: Hi folks, After the recent discussions about the number of TUs, the size of [community] etc., I have decided to apply to be a Trusted User myself. Chris Brannon has kindly agreed to sponsor me. Indeed I have. Let the discussion period begin. -- Chris PS. That's a very well-written application! pgpMbhyn45K9X.pgp Description: PGP signature
[aur-general] number of TUs was Re: voting period: Brad Fanella
Peter Lewis p...@muddygoat.org writes: This just got me wondering - is there an ideal number of TUs that you want there to be? Should people just continue applying if they have the know-how and time, or else are there enough TUs at the moment? What's the feeling on that? Have a look at this thread from the forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103250 More is better. The packages/TU ratio will decrease as the number of TUs increases, and it will be more likely that a TU uses the packages he or she maintains. If you want to be a TU, find a sponsor and apply. -- Chris pgpfE2vLRFA0m.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Removal Request
H.Gökhan SARI h...@difuzyon.net writes: Hello, Could you please my old package 'ssh-proxify'? There isn't such application anymore. Done. Next time, please include a link to the package's AUR page. -- Chris pgp7AYgzfPLNN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] voting period: Brad Fanella
Ng Oon-Ee ngoo...@gmail.com writes: Well yes I remember that guy. I was more wondering about whether a vote has failed before. Yes, more than once. -- Chris pgpa8enDOuRwl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Welcome our newest TU, Lukas Jirkovsky (stativ)!
Lukáš Jirkovský l.jirkov...@gmail.com writes: I need a small hint. Send Aaron all the information based on this template to have access on dev interface I guess Aaron Schaefer is meant (this should be made more clear). You need to contact Aaron Griffin, rather than Aaron Schaefer. -- Chris pgpdAnPaScmfT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] TU Bylaws amendment proposal
Xyne x...@archlinux.ca writes: Given the recent wave of TU applications, I think it might be a good idea to amend the TU Bylaws regarding quorum for addition of a TU. The section currently contains the following specification: Following the announcement, standard voting procedure commences with a discussion period of 5 days, a quorum of 66%, and a voting period of 7 days. I recommend that it be changed to this: Following the announcement, standard voting procedure commences with a discussion period of 5 days, a quorum of 66%, and a voting period of 7 days. The quorum is counted among TUs who are active throughout both the discussion period and the voting period. Coincidentally, you sent your application three days after I sent mine, so I voted on yours. If this amendment was accepted, our two newest TUs wouldn't be able to vote on the three remaining applications. It does make sense. -- Chris pgpws5zfb2VyG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Voting period for Florian Pritz
Thorsten Töpper atsut...@freethoughts.de writes: Hello, The discussion period has ended, 120h since my confirmation have passed If you can believe email headers, the discussion period lasted 120 hours, 39 minutes, and 44 seconds, to be precise. Date:Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:46:14 +0200 To: aur-general@archlinux.org Subject: Re: [aur-general] TU application Date:Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:25:58 +0200 To: aur-general@archlinux.org Subject: [aur-general] Voting period for Florian Pritz It would be vaguely amusing if someone used the at utility to schedule the start-of-voting message, so that it was sent exactly 120 hours after the acknowledgment-of-sponsorship message. -- Chris, who really needs to get out more often... pgptYnA0XtN53.pgp Description: PGP signature
[aur-general] voting period: Brad Fanella
This message marks the beginning of the voting period for Brad Fanella's application to become a trusted user. You may read his application via this link: http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2010-August/010049.html. Good luck, Brad. -- Chris pgp6AIhqTgMKh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] Please delete rpm2cpio
Kaiting Chen kaitocr...@gmail.com writes: I believe rpmextract contains rpm2cpio and as rpmextract is in extra I don't see any reason to keep rpm2cpio around in unsupported. Let's hold on to it for a little while longer. See http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18057. -- Chris pgpsbbfzosbwB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] algoscore
Philipp Überbacher hollun...@lavabit.com writes: Another note: Don't forget to change the 'strip' option in the PKGBUILD. !strip should disable it, or just remove it to control it from makepkg.conf alone. You know what? The advice I gave last night was bogus. The package in question uses cmake as its build system; it fails to respect CFLAGS. I don't know enough about cmake to make it behave, either. -- Chris pgpsPEhG4nGKh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] algoscore
Philipp Überbacher hollun...@lavabit.com writes: As it happens, this article about algoscore says that it does require either -O2 or -O3 as CFLAGS: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/algoscore-music-numbers Sorry, but this doesn't seem plausible. I did get some useful output from valgrind. The invalid reads and writes are happening in src/nasal/hash.c, at line 132, in the resize function. The malloc call in that function doesn't seem to be allocating enough memory. The author is aligning his pointers, and the malloc call doesn't account for the padding. I added a fudge factor to malloc's size argument. The patch is here: http://pastebin.ca/1925235. Unfortunately, I can't do much to test this program, but I can say that it no longer crashes with a backtrace. -- Chris pgpiIgBItFABr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [aur-general] algoscore
Nathan O ndowens@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Nathan O ndowens@gmail.com wrote: *** glibc detected *** algoscore: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0a010ba8 *SNIP lots of backtrace* The above is what I get when I try to start algoscore, it seems to be glibc related Actually, it has very little to do with glibc. There's a memory-related bug in that program. I'm curious to see what valgrind has to say about it. Here's what I would do. Edit /etc/makepkg.conf. Disable the strip option in the OPTIONS array. Change CFLAGS to read: CFLAGS='-g -O0' Next, rebuild the package. Run it under valgrind, like this: valgrind --leak-check=full --log-file=valg.log PROGRAM_NAME PROGRAM_OPTIONS If you send me the log file off-list, I'll look over it. You should probably undo the edits to /etc/makepkg.conf when you are done. I keep two copies of makepkg.conf: one for building normal packages, and one for building packages with debugging symbols. -- Chris pgprL5YNkjs2i.pgp Description: PGP signature
