Re: I'm out of commission for a while

2023-01-09 Thread jonathon
ments please feel free. All the best Thomas November 14, 2022 4:20 PM, "Jonathon Fernyhough" wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm out of commission for a while (not sure how long) so I won't be able to > update my packages. > > If any TU wants to bump the obvio

I'm out of commission for a while

2022-11-14 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
Hi all, I'm out of commission for a while (not sure how long) so I won't be able to update my packages. If any TU wants to bump the obvious ones (e.g. firefox-esr) please feel free. Best, Jonathon

Re: Are CachyOS PKGBUILDs allowed on AUR?

2022-10-15 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 14/10/2022 15:03, Frederic Bezies wrote: My question is: are these custom PKGBUILD are or not allowed on AUR? Why wouldn't they be? Because the name includes "cachyos", or for some other reason?

Re: [aur-general] Compiling with CMake

2022-09-08 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 08/09/2022 20:59, Guilhem Saurel via aur-general wrote: Or even better cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr cmake --build build Any opinions ? Should we put that on the wiki² ? Sorry, I jumped too fast. -.- It does look like this is the default recommendation according to the

Re: [aur-general] Compiling with CMake

2022-09-08 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 08/09/2022 20:59, Guilhem Saurel via aur-general wrote: But I think we should let the end user choose if they want make or ninja, by letting them configure their CMAKE_GENERATOR environment variable Why? Isn't it the job of the PKGBUILD maintainer to maintain the PKGBUILD so the software bu

Re: [aur-general] TU Application - serebit

2022-07-25 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 25/07/2022 18:57, Campbell Jones via aur-general wrote: I currently have two machines - one desktop, which I use for most of my work, and one significantly less powerful laptop that I'm typing this email from. Both of these machines are currently running EndeavourOS, and not vanilla Arch Li

Re: [aur-general] TU Application - serebit

2022-07-25 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
Just to highlight the obvious, On 25/07/2022 14:57, Campbell Jones via aur-general wrote: I elected to install EndeavourOS as a way of getting a somewhat curated experience on Arch. -snip-> Though I haven't been on Arch for long Are you running EndeavourOS, or Arch? ;P OpenPGP_signature Desc

Re: [aur-general] ssh access on port 443

2022-04-18 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
Oracle, Amazon, and Google provide VMs within their free tiers. There are a number of shell-only providers out there too (e.g. SDF) that you could conceivably use for SSH forwarding. On 18/04/2022 14:43, Ryan via aur-general wrote: Many VPS providers have cheap "starter" plans at $3-4 per mon

[aur-general] PKGBUILD review: gcc10

2022-02-28 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
I've pushed GCC 10 to the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gcc10 It's based on the older GCC 9 PKGBUILD [1] with some elements from the GCC 11 PKGBUILD [2]. It builds, installs, and seemingly runs OK, but it's something with potential for hidden gotchas so if someone could cast their

Re: [aur-general] Stop deleting texlive-dummy and texlive-upstream

2022-01-05 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 05/01/2022 06:08, slbtty via aur-general wrote: The texlive in official repo is out-dated and unable to pull other packages from CPAN. The system texlive and the dependencies on it is broken. Has anyone filed a bug? OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [aur-general] Clarification for Deletion request #30701

2022-01-02 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 02/01/2022 22:54, Xyne via aur-general wrote: I actually would be in favor of using the -bin suffix even for packages without a non-bin variant. I was under the impression that `-bin` was to be used for any pre-compiled version (e.g. whether sourced from upstream or from deb or RPM etc.)?

Re: [aur-general] Handling own requests (Was: [PRQ#29045] Deletion Request for hugo-bin)

2021-11-08 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 09/11/2021 00:23, George Rawlinson via aur-general wrote: I am interested in seeing what others think (not just staff members) of the situation. TUs are supposed to be trusted, and "deleted" AUR packages can be trivially reinstated when required. There's an audit log available, and if some

Re: [aur-general] packaging question for optional-wayland optional-xorg package

2021-10-17 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 17/10/2021 15:42, todd freed wrote:> Though, if I build a couple variants from a single PKGBUILD (which I think is what split-package means), wouldn't users need to have dependencies installed sufficient to build all of them? Whatever is listed in the top-level depends and makedepends will b

Re: [aur-general] packaging question for optional-wayland optional-xorg package

2021-10-17 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 17/10/2021 05:52, todd freed via aur-general wrote: Is this a use-case for split-package? Very likely. I'd probably package them as $pkgname-wayland and $pkgname-xorg and have them both provide $pkgname. (Though, if one backend was the upstream default then I might package that as $pkgna

Re: [aur-general] poe-git maintainership

2021-10-06 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 06/10/2021 21:45, Strahinya Radich via aur-general wrote: I tried contacting fossdd today early in the morning about this, but got no response yet. I would appreciate an advice on this. You might want to give them a little more time. Generally speaking, if the package is currently broken, t

Re: [aur-general] New maintainer

2021-09-10 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 10/09/2021 23:19, Jason Kercher via aur-general wrote: I was wondering if there is a place (or if this is that place) to find packages in need of a maintainer? Have a look at the orphaned package list, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=&outdated=&SB=n&SO=a&PP=50&do_Orphans=Or

Re: [aur-general] Issue a warning while (re)packaging a binary package?

2021-06-18 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 18/06/2021 16:21, alad via aur-general wrote: > On 18/06/2021 16:43, Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general wrote: >> ... >> Or, is an executable /tmp a reasonable assumption? 🤔 > > I don't see anything in file-hierarchy(7) that mandates an executable > /tmp. That

Re: [aur-general] Issue a warning while (re)packaging a binary package?

2021-06-18 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 18/06/2021 14:05, Jan Kohnert via aur-general wrote: > Hi, > > a new version of a (binary) package I'm maintaining (clockify-desktop) > requires an > executable /tmp directory to run. > My immediate questions would be why, and is this an upstream issue? Or, is an executable /tmp a reasonab

Re: [aur-general] Status of Garuda Linux PKGBUILD on AUR?

2021-05-12 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 12/05/2021 18:30, Giancarlo Razzolini via aur-general wrote: > Em maio 12, 2021 14:11 alad via aur-general escreveu: >> >> Going over the linked packages, they all fall in the latter category. >> > > Terminate them with extreme prejudice! Hold up. Some of the Garuda packages I can probably agr

Re: [aur-general] AUR sign up with no email

2021-03-29 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 28/03/2021 21:28, Michal Janočko via aur-general wrote: > Is there anything I can do? (I can't re-register with the same email) Maybe try the "Forgot password" link? https://aur.archlinux.org/passreset/ OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [aur-general] How to submit a package to the AUR that is already in the community repo

2021-02-28 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 28/02/2021 04:45, Ralf Mardorf via aur-general wrote: > It might be unnecessary to build "the single `hugo` binary", but it's > sort of necessary to build a package, at least if you prefer a > well-structured over a poorly structured Arch Linux install. My point, supporting the discussion so fa

Re: [aur-general] How to submit a package to the AUR that is already in the community repo

2021-02-27 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general
On 27/02/2021 12:42, Kr1ss via aur-general wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 01:24:13PM +0100, AUR General Requests wrote: >> Thanks for your reply! I would have another question, if the package is >> still not updated, will it be removed from the community repo? >> >  - End of Quote - > > The pack