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Arch User Repository (AUR) Beta Test

-The Arch User Repository (AUR) is ready for beta testing. This release -does not contain every feature everyone wanted, but at this stage we -think we've implemented the most important features, and we need you to -help us make sure they are working properly and reliably. A few months -after the initial release, we'll start to prioritize -features necessary for the next revision. We'll weigh the suggestions -given and decide what additional features to add.
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Leave your feedback in Flyspray!

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Audience

-For this test, we are not using the real Arch servers or -network bandwidth. As a result, you will find that -bandwidth will be somewhat limited. Please don't upload many large -packages, except where doing so helps to test a particular feature (or -misfeature) of the system.
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-We expect this beta testing to be performed by TUs and a -handful of other users who are interested enough to subscribe to the TU -mailing list or otherwise seek out this information. Please do not advertise this beta site -information widely; we will not have the network -bandwidth to sustain a high load on the test platform and will need to -cut the beta short. -Once the beta is over, the real AUR will be hosted on the main Arch -Linux -servers and will be able to handle the greater demands of the whole -community.
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Introduction to the AUR
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-The AUR is a place for community members and TUs (Trusted Users) to -work together to bring new packages to Arch Linux users. A TU is a -special community member who has earned the trust of the core -Arch developers and who wants to help build, test, and debug new Arch -packages contributed by members of the community. Only a TU can build a -binary package and add it to the AUR -repository, which is then accessible via pacman -S.
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-Any community member may upload new PKGBUILD directory tarballs -from the AUR -web interface. Those packages will appear in the "Unsupported" -repository, and -can be viewed and built by other community members, even though they -are not yet available in binary form via pacman -S.
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-The AUR system -incorporates a voting system which allows members to vote for the -packages in "Unsupported" that they think are useful or interesting. If -a TU thinks a package is interesting or has received enough votes, -the TU may choose to adopt the package. The TU builds the package, -performs some rudimentary testing, and adds it -to the AUR repository, where it can be accessed by any user subscribing -to the AUR repository by running pacman -S. From that point on, the TU -will maintain the -package in the AUR repository, and all updates for the package must go -through a TU.
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-If a package gets enough votes or is otherwise deemed interesting by -the core Arch development team, the package may be -promoted into the extra or current repository. At that point, the -package is removed from the AUR and is maintained by the core -developers. Alternately, if a TU loses interest in a package, the TU -may abandon the package or remove it from the AUR repository altogether.
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Feedback

-The most important part of this beta test is your feedback. There is a project -set up in Flyspray for the AUR. Please leave your feedback there. -Though it will be tempting to email the AUR developers, remember that -they will get a lot of email and they won't be able to find yours later -when they're going through the feedback. If you put your bugs, -comments, and suggestions in Flyspray, they are guaranteed not to get -lost.
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-Flyspray is incredibly easy to use. Take a moment to create an account -as soon as you can.
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Schedule

-The AUR beta is starts now, around February 23. It should run until -about the first week in March. At that point, it will look at the remaining -problems, fix them, and launch the AUR sometime in mid-to-late March on the -production servers.
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Using the AUR Repository

-To access the AUR repository from pacman, add the following to your -pacman.conf:
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-[aur]
-Server = ftp://subzero.elys.com/arch/aur
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What The AUR Means to a Community Member

-If you're an Arch Linux community member, the AUR represents a giant -step forward in your ability to effectively contribute your work in -building Arch packages to the rest of the Arch Linux community. The -following steps must ye take to get started:
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  1. Set yourself up to access the AUR repository, if desired, by -adding the above lines to your pacman.conf.
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  2. Visit the AUR Beta Site.
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  3. Create a new user account.
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  4. Begin uploading packages you have created. You should upload a -.tar.gz file containing the PKGBUILD directory. You should not include -a binary package file in your upload, just the PKGBUILD and related -necessary files for building the package. (Imagine your package had -been accepted into current or extra; we want just the files that would -be fetched by abs in /var/abs.)
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  5. Review the other packages in the repository, and vote for the -ones you find most interesting. If you're especially interested, browse -the package contents and build other packages yourself.
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What The AUR Means to a Trusted User (TU) or an Arch Developer
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-If you are an Arch Linux Trusted User (TU) or an Arch developer, and -you want to get started on the beta, do the following:
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  1. Set your machine up to access the AUR repository.
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  2. Run pacman -S tupkg to download the TU package -download tool.
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  3. Visit the AUR Beta Site.
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  4. Create a new user account, using your usual user id.
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  5. Email Paul (paul at mattal dot com) and ask to have your login -modified to have TU/developer status.
    -This -step is necessary so we can make sure that the right people are getting -the right access. We will migrate this information to the production -system, so you won't have to do it again.
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  6. Check out the CVS tree for the AUR repository. To do this, -execute the following commands:
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    - export -CVSROOT=":pserver:<userid>@cvs.archlinux.org:/home/cvs-aur-test"
    -cvs login
    -cvs co aur-test
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    -If you're -a TU, you should already have an account in this new -repository. If you are a developer, email Jason (jason at archlinux dot -org) and he'll set up access for you.
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  7. Build binary packages for things you wish to place in the AUR, -and add the PKGBUILD and accompanying necessary files to the CVS -repository. You can do this with:
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    - cvs add <directory>
    -cd <directory>
    -cvs add PKGBUILD
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    -cvs commit
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  8. Upload the binary packages using the "tupkg" tool. Run:
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    -tupkg ---host -subzero.elys.com --user <userid> --password <password> -<packagefile.pkg.tar.gz>
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    -Note that this is your AUR login -password -- the one you assign when you create your account, not -your CVS password, in case they are different.
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  9. Once your packages are uploaded successfully, tag the newly -created package files with the CURRENT tag in cvs. You can do this with:
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    -cvs tag -cFR CURRENT <newpackagebuilddir>
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  10. In 5-10 minutes, the automated script will add them to the AUR -repository. Verify that they appear both in the web interface and -become -available via pacman -Sy <package> from the aur -repository.
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  11. Select the newly added or updated package in the AUR web -interface and set yourself as the maintainer.
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