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The man page of pacman says:

DESCRIPTION
        Pacman is a package management utility that tracks installed packages on a Linux
        system

And I propose to change “Linux system” to “GNU/Linux system”.

xmind when installed is showing that “this version is not licensed”, so that cannot be right. Even though there is GPL license on Github, that vague information in the software can and is wrongly understood:

Further it is asking for license key to get the “Pro” version.

Thus xmind is pointing to proprietary software.

That means xmind shall be removed from Hyperbola immediately as such as it is now cannot be in the fully free GNU distribution.

Description:

community/purple-facebook 0.9.3-1
    Facebook protocol plugin for libpurple

It is up to maintainers to decide of course. IMHO I would remove this one as it uses proprietary network Facebook, exclusively, and even mentioning the word in the package.

See:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

A free system distribution must not steer users towards obtaining any nonfree information for practical use, or encourage them to do so.

As reported here: https://forums.hyperbola.info/viewtopic.php?id=110

the domain Hyperbola.info is using such SPF record that does not allow the IP address 185.26.126.154 to send emails from bissen.hyperbola.info as seen on: https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=spf%3ahyperbola.info&run=toolpage

Correct the SPF record as to enable deliveries of emails.

This is negatively impacting Hyperbola project in public mail servers which may consider hyperbola.info domain as domain sending spam.

Jun 10 11:12:41 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:14:57 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:16:02 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:16:50 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:17:28 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:18:17 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:19:12 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:21:01 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:21:37 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:22:22 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:22:36 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:22:54 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework
Jun 10 11:23:09 stw1 courieresmtpd: error,relay=::ffff:185.26.126.154,from=<sysadmin@hyperbola.info>: 517 SPF fail bissen.hyperbola.info: Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework

Description:

Since Hyperbola follows the Init Freedom Campaign, systemd unit files removal is required or add OpenRC init scripts to replace it.

Additional info:
* package version(s)

community/backuppc 4.1.2-1 [installed]

   Enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, Windows and MacOS PCs

* config and/or log files etc.

Additional info:

Steps to reproduce: install it

Since Hyperbola follows the Init Freedom Campaign, systemd unit files removal is required or add OpenRC init scripts to replace it.

Additional info:
* package version(s)

extra/gpsd 3.16-3 [installed]

   GPS daemon and library to support USB/serial GPS devices

* config and/or log files etc.

Additional info:

Steps to reproduce: install it

Description:

Hiawatha contains only systemd files.

It shall be removed and openrc shall be provided

I have installed multiple times Hyperbola, 4 times on 4 different notebooks.

What I have noticed is that the live ISO is quite huge in relation to the task that should be done. Namely. the live ISO shall at least contain some first packages, so that they do not need to be downloaded online.

Best would be if the live ISO can be copied straight and that system can run from ISO/DVD without having Internet. At least one simple graphical environment shall be included.

Further, I have noticed that there is only network instructions as HTML file.

I would rather call it installation-instructions.html to make it clear for people what it is. Or simply: INSTALL.html so that people understand what it is.

It says just network.html if I remember well.

Then there is absolutely no point or link or reference to the installation instructions.

Each time I got a network I had to go to either duckduckgo search engine or to hyperbola.info website and then I tried with lynx to find installation instructions.

It is not straight, not quite clearly in open, it is in Wiki, but that is quite hard to find.

We have to put ourselves in the shoes of those in need of free software. Millions of people need free software.

Many of us live in a developed western countries.

Yet millions of people in need of this software live in South America, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe.

There are millions of students that could advance their study, and that could progress faster with free software.

In those countries Internet is often non-existent, universities may be located in poor network areas, Internet is being fetched by using mobile phones.

So if there is a live distribution, such shall at least contain basic software, which really can fit onto any DVD, and that as such can be copied on the computer without using Internet. Upgrades could be fetched by using Internet.

And there shall be clear reference, link or file about installation. There shall be no need to go to Internet to install the software.

Description:

I have tried to upgrade hyperbola.

Critical upgrades cannot be installed when wesnoth is installed, there are conflicting files

Steps to reproduce:

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
 arch-keyring-201808...  1605.2 KiB   617K/s 00:03 [#########] 100%
 hyperbola-keyring-2...   215.9 KiB   635K/s 00:00 [#########] 100%
 linux-libre-lts-4.9...    59.6 MiB   749K/s 01:22 [#########] 100%
 openvpn-2.4.6-1.hyp...   402.2 KiB  1149K/s 00:00 [#########] 100%
 iceweasel-uxp-52.9....    39.8 MiB   839K/s 00:49 [#########] 100%
 libgdm-3.24.1-1.hyp...    57.3 KiB  1912K/s 00:00 [#########] 100%
 ntp-4.2.8.p11-2.hyp...  1798.4 KiB   833K/s 00:02 [#########] 100%
 sddm-0.14.0-2.hyper...     3.2 MiB   770K/s 00:04 [#########] 100%
 lxdm-0.5.3-4.hyperb...    98.4 KiB   984K/s 00:00 [#########] 100%
 tp_smapi-lts-0.43-1...    26.6 KiB  2.60M/s 00:00 [#########] 100%
 wesnoth-data-1.14.4...   395.1 MiB   745K/s 09:03 [#########] 100%
 wesnoth-1.14.4-1.hy...     5.5 MiB   616K/s 00:09 [#########] 100%
(12/12) checking keys in keyring                   [#########] 100%
(12/12) checking package integrity                 [#########] 100%
(12/12) loading package files                      [#########] 100%
(12/12) checking for file conflicts                [#########] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/wesnoth-icon.png exists in both 'wesnoth-data' and 'wesnoth'
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/wesnoth-icon.png exists in both 'wesnoth-data' and 'wesnoth'
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/wesnoth-icon.png exists in both 'wesnoth-data' and 'wesnoth'
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/wesnoth-icon.png exists in both 'wesnoth-data' and 'wesnoth'
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/wesnoth-icon.png exists in both 'wesnoth-data' and 'wesnoth'
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/wesnoth-icon.png exists in both 'wesnoth-data' and 'wesnoth'
/usr/share/metainfo/wesnoth.appdata.xml exists in both 'wesnoth-data' and 'wesnoth'
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Description:

cat msg | /usr/sbin/sendmail – sendmail: No such file or directorycannot create temporary file /var/spool/smtpd/offline/1572544775.XXXXIqNsFX

Additional info:
* package version: 6.4.2p1-1.hyperbola2.backports1

It is same problem as here:
https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD/issues/839

I could solve it with:

sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/smtpctl
sudo chmod g+s /usr/sbin/smtpctl

and then

sudo rc-service smtpd start

Even though I think I should not need to start it to use only sendmail.

I have installed Hyperbola on two laptops. And I have noticed that after running sway and exiting out of sway, GNU emacs crushers on console. It is easy to repeat it:

1. Run sway
2. Exit sway or killall sway
3. Try running emacs on console, there will be crush
4. log out, log in, and emacs will work on console again

Yet it should not crush.

Description:

community/ext3grep 0.10.2-4
    A tool to investigate an ext3 file system for deleted content and possibly recover it

Description is vague because of the word “content”. Why not say instead “data”?

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content

Description:

community/webfs 1.21-13
    Simple and instant http server for mostly static content.

Description is vague because of the word “content”. Why not simply say “files” instead and be more specific.

Even empty files without data inside can be served.

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content

Description:

community/openstreetmap-map-icons-svn 31588-1 [installed]
    A set of public domain licensed map icons for general OSM use

It is questionable if it is “Licensed” or dedicated.

See the file:
/usr/share/licenses/openstreetmap-map-icons/svg-twotone/LICENSE.txt

it does not matter if the file is named “LICENSE”, it could be also named anyhow else.

There must be reason why the organization Creative Commons is not using the word “License” in that text, and that is why I propose to simply say in description:

    A set of public domain map icons for general OSM use

community/autoconf-archive 1:2017.03.21-1
    A collection of freely re-usable Autoconf macros

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable

Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.

community/python-biopython 1.69-1
    Freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable

Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.

community/python2-biopython 1.69-1
    Freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable

Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.

core/linux-atm 2.5.2-4
     Drivers and tools to support ATM networking under Linux.

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Let us not make it vague. If it refers to kernel, then let us say “Linux kernel”. If it refers to operating system, let us say so.

In general, packages referring to kernel as Linux which is correct, I am leaving alone and will not report it here. Only those referring to operating system name or when stated in vague manner.

core/man-pages 4.11-1 (base)
     Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Instead I propose to say “Operating system manual pages”

core/net-tools 1.60.20160710git-1
     Configuration tools for Linux networking

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

community/man-pages-de 1.22-1
     German Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

community/man-pages-ru 4.08_2329_2272_20170321-2
     Russian Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

community/man-pages-zh_cn 1.6.3.1-1
     Simplified Chinese Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

community/man-pages-zh_tw 1.6.3.1-1
     Traditional Chinese Linux man pages

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

Description:

Apache web server shall be running with or without the external network, and without NetworkManager.

rc-service httpd start

will give the message that NetworkManager must be started first, and will not start apache web server. I cannot find in which file is that written.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Disconnect network. Start computer.

2. Try to start apache with above command.

That makes no sense, as Apache can run on local network without NetworkManager and it is not written in the description.