Re: [aur-general] Pushing rc version of package to aur

2021-07-30 Thread Vince via aur-general
Hi, Kevin is right, but it should be mentioned that it is specifically disallowed to put release candidates into a stable package. Exceptions can be read on the wiki [1]. Regards, Vince [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_package_guidelines#Package_versioning

Re: [aur-general] Pushing rc version of package to aur

2021-07-30 Thread Kevin Morris via aur-general
If 1.0.0-rc.3 is why they're flagging it out of date, perhaps you could reply to them and explain why it's not out of date; an rc is a release candidate, but not necessarily a true release. After rc makes its way to a true release, that's when upstream is telling everybody that there's a new releas

[aur-general] Pushing rc version of package to aur

2021-07-30 Thread Jan Kohnert via aur-general
Hi, I maintain the gnudatalanguage package on the aur. The current release is 0.9.9 (from 2019); however, there is 1.0.0-rc.3 available on their webpage. I recall having read somewhere in the docs that pushing rc version is generally discouraged on the aur, but got a out-of-date flagging today.

Re: [aur-general] Question about PKGBUILD guidelines

2021-07-30 Thread Michael Kogan via aur-general
Hi guys, same here, in my case it's Racer [1]. The start script is included as source (I didn't supply a desktop file because I didn't find a suitable icon). Also glad about constructive feedback! All the best, Michael [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/racer-cg/ Am Fr., 30. Juli 2021 um 17

Re: [aur-general] Question about PKGBUILD guidelines

2021-07-30 Thread Daniel Berjón Díez via aur-general
Hi, Vincent. I also contributed a wine-based application recently [1] and found the examples at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wine_package_guidelines very helpful. Since the wine prefix typically needs to be at least partially writable, I chose to place the read-only files under /usr/share and

[aur-general] Question about PKGBUILD guidelines

2021-07-30 Thread Yash Karandikar via aur-general
Hi Vince, About number 2, you can include the files alongside the PKGBUILD in the git repo you push to the AUR, then add them to your "sources" array. Then, in package(), you can use the "install" or "cp" command to move the files to their desired location in the package. Welcome to the mailin

[aur-general] Question about PKGBUILD guidelines

2021-07-30 Thread Vince via aur-general
Hello, This is my first time interacting with a mailing list, so please let me know if I've done something wrong, or I'm asking in the wrong place. I plan to submit a binary PKGBUILD for REXPaint, and since it's distributed as a portable binary for WINE, I have a couple questions about the guidel