[aur-general] ttf-google-webfonts{,-distilled,-git,-hg} mess

[David J. Haines]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 01:01:37PM -0400, Daniel Micay wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
> > On 25 April 2013 17:15, Maxime GAUDUIN <alucryd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:31 PM, David J. Haines <djhaines at gmx.com> wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:17:36AM -0400, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
> >>> > On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:04:12 +0100
> >>> > WorMzy Tykashi <wormzy.tykashi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > > > So, then the solution is for the -git maintainer to update /
> >>> > > > re-upload the PKGBUILD whenever there's a "version" bump to the git
> >>> > > > repo?
> >>> > > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > No, the solution is for the users of the -git package to track
> >>> > > upstream changes and re-compile the package as and when they see fit.
> >>> >
> >>> > As it is for all -git (and -svn and -hg, etc) packages. As it should
> >>> > be, IMHO.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> Thus the utility of the -tarball PKGBUILD: users don't have to track it;
> >>> they can rely on the maintainer.
> >
> >>
> >> Such a thing is only true when using AUR helpers, which, again, are not
> >> supported. Even as a helper user, I don't think the -tarball package is
> >> needed.
> >
> > As user of AUR, I agree.
> > I'm slowly getting sick of the AUR mess and spread of duplicate packages
> > motivated by some narrow corner cases and customisation.
> > Either makepkg and PKGBUILD is enhanced to properly support the development
> > kind of packages, namely *-{git|hg|svn} and perform actual update of
> > local copy of sources
> > (even if PKGBUILD has not been updated)
> > or users have to accept the fact they play with cutting-edge version of software
> > so they take care of updates it on their own.
> >
> > Stop AUR insanity!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
> 
> makepkg has full support for VCS packages now, it runs the pkgver
> function to check for a new version and then updates/rebuilds. It even
> knows how to fetch the sources automatically.

Well until PKGBUILD and the AUR report versions correctly, I'd want to
see the -tarball variant (and others like it) stick around. That's my
two cents.
-- 
David J. Haines
djhaines at gmx.com