Staying up-to-date

stonecrest · 2005-10-01 13:22:42

I realize AUR is still young, but I honestly feel like I must be missing something because I haven't seen this brought up on the forum, it's not in the bug tracker, etc. Maybe I just don't see how to do it and it's there, but is there a way to keep yourself up-to-date with AUR without having to check the AUR every couple of days for every package you've built or constantly look at the list of new/updated packages?

This seems like a fundamental need. Maybe it'd be as easy to implement as just adding a "watch" to a package rather than needing to build this into pacman (which I do hope happens at some point), but this needs to be done if for only security reasons. And for ease of use for the user. I only have a few packages that I peruse for updates but I feel for people who have many more than I..

mpie · 2005-10-01 18:39:34

there are rss feeds..

Snowman · 2005-10-01 21:32:27

You can also use the Notify feature for packages you own/use. That way, you'll receive an email notification when someone post a comment for these packages. Several PKGBUILD maintainers post a comment when they upgrade a package.

stonecrest · 2005-10-01 22:57:13

Snowman wrote:

You can also use the Notify feature for packages you own/use. That way, you'll receive an email notification when someone post a comment for these packages. Several PKGBUILD maintainers post a comment when they upgrade a package.

I guess that's as good as it gets right now, thanks Snowman. Although I must be blind because I don't see any Notify option, I'm logged in too. The only choices I see are flag, unflag, adopt, disown, delete, vote, and unvote..?

Snowman · 2005-10-01 23:15:20

You need to go to each package "page" and click on the Notify button.

stonecrest · 2005-10-01 23:20:05

Snowman wrote:

You need to go to each package "page" and click on the Notify button.

Ahh, there it is.. I had even looked on that page, it sure is buried in there..

Thanks bud.

evdvelde · 2006-03-17 12:25:55

Another option of course is installing aurbuild and running aurbuild -su now and again...

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-17 18:16:19

Snowman wrote:

Several PKGBUILD maintainers post a comment when they upgrade a package.

It's not serval maintainers Snowman, it's a must, actually AUR does not allow upgrading without posting, even if some maintainers delete the post after submitting, the email is already in queue... I actualy use this way to every package i use or I transfer it to my Repo... a fine solution but it should be seperated...

T-Dawg · 2006-03-17 23:24:01

_Gandalf_ wrote:

Snowman wrote:
Several PKGBUILD maintainers post a comment when they upgrade a package.
It's not serval maintainers Snowman, it's a must, actually AUR does not allow upgrading without posting

This is an old thread. I think the time when Snowman posted that it wasn't manditory to leave a comment as it is now.

Snowman · 2006-03-18 01:49:10

Penguin wrote:

_Gandalf_ wrote:
Snowman wrote:
Several PKGBUILD maintainers post a comment when they upgrade a package.
It's not serval maintainers Snowman, it's a must, actually AUR does not allow upgrading without posting
This is an old thread. I think the time when Snowman posted that it wasn't manditory to leave a comment as it is now.

Actually, I don't remember if comments where mandatory or not at that time. Anyway, the important thing is that you get a notification.

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#1 2005-10-01 13:22:42

Staying up-to-date

#2 2005-10-01 18:39:34

Re: Staying up-to-date

#3 2005-10-01 21:32:27

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#4 2005-10-01 22:57:13

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#5 2005-10-01 23:15:20

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#7 2006-03-17 12:25:55

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#8 2006-03-17 18:16:19

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