Shaman 1.2 alpha 1 is here!

drf · 2009-07-09 21:36:04

No need to say anything more: go grab it!

http://github.com/drf/shaman1/tarball/1.2.0-alpha1

You'll need Aqpm alpha 1 as well to build it:

http://github.com/drf/aqpm/tarball/1.3.3-alpha1

Of course, you need the (still patched, since the patch is not yet in the main tree) latest alpm (pacman 3.3, from git).

What's cool in this version? Well, almost everything: not a line running as root, hard rock security with PolicyKit, thread safety and transparency with Aqpm (goodbye crashes), improved speed (but A LOT of optimization is about to come), a lot of rewritten parts: your favourite package manager as always, but much better than before.

A post about Aqpm for all you developers out there is coming. Developing arch linux applications interfacing with pacman has never been easier, Aqpm is extremely easy and does everything for you. And it is fully privilege trasparent: privilege escalation and policies are embedded in Aqpm itself.

The only regression right now is the config dialog, that is currently not working. I need to port it to policykit as well.

It's alpha, so you know what you're risking. I'm running it right now and I find it more stable than the old one, but this might not be the same for you.

(Also, admins, should I post shaman announcements here or in the Pacman section?)

Enjoy it!!

venky80 · 2009-07-10 00:01:09

old shaman used to break dependencies for me..like if i downloaded vlc it will pull all dependencies and install it but then when i did pacman -Rscn vlc it will not remove the stuff it installed ...after it happened twice i stopped using shaman ..otherwise loved it...still use it to find what is there in the repos...
will try later

Allan · 2009-08-08 14:38:50

I have made a "release" of aqpm and shaman for pacman-3.3.0 from the current git branch. It is available from http://dev.archlinux.org/~allan/shaman/ .

I have issues with a lack of text in the interface but I am not sure if I am missing a dep (I only have the qt components specified in the deps). I'd appreciate knowing if it works for others.

Skripka · 2009-08-08 14:45:45

Allan wrote:

I have made a "release" of aqpm and shaman for pacman-3.3.0 from the current git branch. It is available from http://dev.archlinux.org/~allan/shaman/ .
I have issues with a lack of text in the interface but I am not sure if I am missing a dep (I only have the qt components specified in the deps). I'd appreciate knowing if it works for others.

Allan,

Lack of text confirmed on Extra-KDE 64bit. "Update Database" and "Process Queue" appear-but that is the only text, pop-up menus are also missing text.

Allan · 2009-08-08 15:59:20

OK... maybe it is a qt-4.5 issue? I will see if the kdemod guys also suffer from this.

ugkbunb · 2009-08-10 03:30:02

Lack of text confirmed on an testing enabled XFCE 64bit box

venky80 · 2009-08-10 04:58:35

I am no kdemod and I do not have text either!

Allan · 2009-08-10 05:29:13

OK... it seems something is wrong. Now to figure out if it is my packaging or shaman itself.

Could a KDE user recompile shaman (PKGBUILD is in link I provided above) and see if it fixes the issue for them. That would indicate I missed a dep.

Edit: it is an issue with the "en" translation file. Running shaman with the "--force-i18n=de" flags gives lots of "de" text in the interface.

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#1 2009-07-09 21:36:04

Shaman 1.2 alpha 1 is here!

#2 2009-07-10 00:01:09

Re: Shaman 1.2 alpha 1 is here!

#3 2009-08-08 14:38:50

Re: Shaman 1.2 alpha 1 is here!

#4 2009-08-08 14:45:45

Re: Shaman 1.2 alpha 1 is here!

#5 2009-08-08 15:59:20

Re: Shaman 1.2 alpha 1 is here!

#6 2009-08-10 03:30:02

Re: Shaman 1.2 alpha 1 is here!

#7 2009-08-10 04:58:35

Re: Shaman 1.2 alpha 1 is here!

#8 2009-08-10 05:29:13

Re: Shaman 1.2 alpha 1 is here!

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