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Take over the AUR package

Take over the AUR package

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thomas2

Hi I currently maintain the AUR package here https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/remote-desktop-manager

The AUR package downloads the DEB file, extracts it, moves some stuff (installs to /opt instead of /usr/lib) around and packages it for Arch.

Updating this AUR package basically consists of a few steps.

  1. Update pkgver in PKGBUILD
  2. Update sha256sums with the new SHA256 of the package
  3. Update .SRCINFO (makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO)
  4. git push to AUR


This is a fairly small amount of work (those 4 steps are usually all that's needed, except when things like deb packaging changes which seems rare and a mistake). Would Devolutions be interested in taking over this process as a co-maintainer? You would need an AUR account and makepkg installed.

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Gabriel Dubois

Hi Thomas, thanks for reaching out !

First of all, I want to say we truly appreciate what you do in maintaining the AUR package. We are interested in taking over and we have talked to our DevOps team so they can automate the process. It is currently planned in our current todo list but they have been exceptionally busy, so we can't say exactly when we will be able to take over maintaining the package. In the meantime we would like to be co-owner but we are facing some internal issues that need to be resolved first. Once these issues are fixed, we will get back to you with further updates.

Regards,

Gabriel Dubois