what is required of me...

theringmaster · 2007-10-20 02:00:07

to maintain an orphaned package on aur.archlinux.org. I wanna try to maintain the gtk-engine-dyndyn 0.1-2 package. I am guessing I would have to click on "adopt packages", but i don't know much else about how to maintain something. All tips would be appreciated.

Allan · 2007-10-20 02:39:10

You basically need to be able to maintain the relevant PKGBUILD. Read the page on the Arch Wiki to get more information about these. They are simply bash scripts, so are not to hard if you can install the program "by hand". The current PKGBUILD would probably only need small updates for the new version anyway.

One you adopt the package, you can update it (if and when needed) by using the submit package button. Not much else to it...

Edit: Forgot to mention, if you do adopt it and need any help, the people on the forums are always more than happy to lend a hand. I say just go for it!

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theringmaster · 2007-10-20 04:20:11

I have adopted this package and a new pkgbuild will be available soon, all I need is a new source location (the old one is non-existent).

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tomk · 2007-10-20 08:07:36

I'd recommend that you also subscribe to the tur-users mailing list, which is used for AUR-related discussion.

theringmaster · 2007-10-21 02:25:43

I am uploading this program's source to sourceforge and they are asking me what programing language this program is in. Could anyone tell me what it is?

thanks

byte · 2007-10-21 03:07:40

You can't upload it to Sourceforge, since it isn't your program. Just fix the url, see gnome-look.org.

Blind · 2007-10-21 03:15:25

theringmaster wrote:

I am uploading this program's source to sourceforge and they are asking me what programing language this program is in. Could anyone tell me what it is?

Ummmmmm, are you really, really sure you want to maintain the package?
It is C code. Why do you want to upload it to sourceforge?

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theringmaster · 2007-10-21 03:18:15

Well, I still need a direct link to the source. I can't seem to find one anywhere.

theringmaster · 2007-10-21 03:19:47

Blind wrote:

theringmaster wrote:
I am uploading this program's source to sourceforge and they are asking me what programing language this program is in. Could anyone tell me what it is?
Ummmmmm, are you really, really sure you want to maintain the package?
It is C code. Why do you want to upload it to sourceforge?

IDK The developer guy suggested it as a hosting solution. *shrugs* Just forget i mentioned anything about it.

Blind · 2007-10-21 03:41:29

Hmm, I think I see one of your problems...the download URL is right there (!) but pretty obscure:

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/downl … 5fbce8708f

Maybe it even changes dynamically...dunno what to tell ya.

theringmaster · 2007-10-21 03:48:37

What i mean by "direct link" is something ending in tar.bz2. All the links i see are just redirections to the source.

Lone_Wolf · 2007-10-21 10:43:53

I've found a source rpm here that has the source included.

byte · 2007-10-21 15:02:09

http://www.gnome-look.org/CONTENT/conte … .1.tar.bz2

That's the redirect you get from the php link on gnome-look.org.

mezoko · 2007-10-23 12:14:53

^^
How did you figure out the url from the redirect? Just curious...

byte · 2007-10-23 14:38:56

Well, you could either run curl -I "http://www.gnome-look.org/content/downl … 47474&id=1" and note the "HTTP/1.1 302 Found" and "Location: /CONTENT/content-files/47474-dyndyn-0.1.tar.bz2" lines. Or simply click the link in a browser and have a look at the source location.

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