Packages

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/zynaddsubfx 3.0.1-1
    Opensource software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments.

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Free software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments.

Yaics is a simple GNU social client written in C++ and Qt and licensed under the GNU GPL 3.0 (or later).

Please implement yaics as an optional package.

https://stigatle.no/yaics/

https://gitlab.com/stigatle/yaics

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source” and “Linux”:

community/xwax 1.6-1
    Open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux.

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source” and “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

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

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source” and “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

Free-software vinyl emulation software for GNU/Linux.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/wiredtiger 2.9.1-1
    High performance, scalable, production quality, NoSQL, Open Source extensible platform for data management

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

High performance, scalable, production quality, NoSQL, Free Software extensible platform for data management

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

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/unrealircd 4.0.11-2
    Open Source IRC Server

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Free Software IRC Server

$ pacman -Si tuntox
Repository : community
Name : tuntox
Version : 0.0.6-3
Description : Tunnel TCP connections over the Tox protocol
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://github.com/gjedeer/tuntox Licenses : GPL3
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : toxcore
Optional Deps : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 20.63 KiB
Installed Size : 63.00 KiB
Packager : Jiachen Yang farseerfc@gmail.com Build Date : Fri 21 Apr 2017 01:19:36 PM -03
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature

$ pacman -Ql tuntox
tuntox /usr/
tuntox /usr/bin/
tuntox /usr/bin/tokssh
tuntox /usr/bin/tuntox
tuntox /usr/lib/
tuntox /usr/lib/systemd/
tuntox /usr/lib/systemd/system/
tuntox /usr/lib/systemd/system/tuntox.service

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/ttf-overpass 2.1-2
    An open source font family inspired by Highway Gothic esp. suited for signs, lettering and web sites

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

A free software font family inspired by Highway Gothic esp. suited for signs, lettering and web sites

Iosevka wins a poll about most beautiful fonts on reddit (/r/linux). This font is very similar than Droid Sans (Official Google Font) with many advantages:

1 - Has 5 types modes (lightest, light, normal, bold, super bold)
2 - Condensed and big sizes (perfect for visual impairments users)
3 - Very Legible on i3-wm, Sway, Conky bar
4 - OTF license (Freedom license)

Iosevka is already on AUR, but create a official package prevent bug or proprietary third parties apps (Yaourt, etc) be installed by beginners Hyperbola users.

Official Site:
https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

On AUR:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-iosevka

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/topbeat 1.3.1-1
    Open source server monitoring agent that stores metrics in Elasticsearch

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Free software server monitoring agent that stores metrics in Elasticsearch

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/tkabber 1.1.2-1
    Tkabber is an open source Jabber client, written in Tcl/Tk.

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Tkabber is a free software Jabber client, written in Tcl/Tk.

Contains:
“/usr/lib/systemd/system/vncserver.service” “/usr/lib/systemd/user/vncserver@.service”

$ pacman -Si tigervnc
Repository : community
Name : tigervnc
Version : 1.7.1-1
Description : Suite of VNC servers and clients. Based on the VNC 4 branch of TightVNC.
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://www.tigervnc.org Licenses : GPL Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : fltk pam gnutls libjpeg-turbo libxtst libxfont pixman xorg-xauth xorg-xsetroot xkeyboard-config xorg-xkbcomp libgl libgcrypt perl

                libxdamage

Optional Deps : mesa: for OpenGL functionality in Xvnc
Conflicts With : tightvnc
Replaces : None
Download Size : 1242.18 KiB
Installed Size : 4630.00 KiB
Packager : Sergej Pupykin <pupykin.s+arch@gmail.com>
Build Date : Mon 23 Jan 2017 09:59:01 AM -03
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature

$ pacman -Ql tigervnc > tigervnc_fileslist.txt

Could it be possible to add this package :

thinkfan

“A minimalist fan control program. Supports the sysfs hwmon interface and thinkpad_acpi”

License : GPL

to the repo ?

Thanks

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/sysdig 0.15.1-2
    Open source system-level exploration and troubleshooting tool

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Free software system-level exploration and troubleshooting tool

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/stone-soup 0.19.5-1
    Open-source, single-player, role-playing roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Free-software, single-player, role-playing roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting

$ pacman -Si smbnetfs
Repository : community
Name : smbnetfs
Version : 0.6.0-2
Description : small C program that mounts Microsoft network neighborhood in single directory.
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://smbnetfs.sourceforge.net/ Licenses : GPL Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : fuse smbclient
Optional Deps : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 51.88 KiB
Installed Size : 226.00 KiB
Packager : Sergej Pupykin <pupykin.s+arch@gmail.com>
Build Date : Wed 13 Jan 2016 02:50:27 PM -03
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature

[coadde@nbc_netbook ~]$ pacman -Ql smbnetfs
smbnetfs /etc/
smbnetfs /etc/conf.d/
smbnetfs /etc/conf.d/smbnetfs
smbnetfs /etc/smbnetfs/
smbnetfs /etc/smbnetfs/.smb/
smbnetfs /etc/smbnetfs/.smb/smb.conf
smbnetfs /etc/smbnetfs/.smb/smbnetfs.auth
smbnetfs /etc/smbnetfs/.smb/smbnetfs.conf
smbnetfs /etc/smbnetfs/.smb/smbnetfs.host
smbnetfs /usr/
smbnetfs /usr/bin/
smbnetfs /usr/bin/smbnetfs
smbnetfs /usr/lib/
smbnetfs /usr/lib/systemd/
smbnetfs /usr/lib/systemd/system/
smbnetfs /usr/lib/systemd/system/smbnetfs.service
smbnetfs /usr/share/
smbnetfs /usr/share/doc/
smbnetfs /usr/share/doc/smbnetfs/
smbnetfs /usr/share/doc/smbnetfs/ENGLISH.FAQ smbnetfs /usr/share/doc/smbnetfs/INSTALL
smbnetfs /usr/share/doc/smbnetfs/README
smbnetfs /usr/share/doc/smbnetfs/RUSSIAN.FAQ smbnetfs /usr/share/doc/smbnetfs/smbnetfs.conf

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/slrn 1.0.3-2
    An open source text-based news client

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

A free software text-based news client

Sirikata a platform for virtual worlds.

Sirikata is a platform for virtual worlds. We provide a set of libraries and protocols which can be used to deploy a virtual world, as well as fully featured sample implementations of services for hosting and deploying these worlds.

Please implement sirikata as an optional package.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/simgear 2017.1.3-1
    A set of open-source libraries designed to be used as building blocks for quickly assembling 3d simulations, games, and visualization applications.

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

A set of free-software libraries designed to be used as building blocks for quickly assembling 3d simulations, games, and visualization applications.

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/shorewall 5.1.4-1
    An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

An iptables-based firewall for GNU/Linux systems

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/shorewall6 5.1.4-1
    An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems (with IPv6 support)

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

An iptables-based firewall for GNU/Linux systems (with IPv6 support)

Hi André, you could make an init for the searx search engine, it happens that
I want to launch it from local to avoid being in searx.me or
searx.riseup.net.

I have seen that there is a PKGBUILD in AUR [0]. I think it is necessary to make one with the init Openrc

[0]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/searx-py3/

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/repo 1.12.37-1
    The Multiple Git Repository Tool from the Android Open Source Project

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

The Multiple Git Repository Tool from the Android Free Software Project

$ pacman -Si redis
Repository : community
Name : redis
Version : 3.2.8-1
Description : Advanced key-value store
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://redis.io/ Licenses : BSD
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : jemalloc grep shadow
Optional Deps : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 564.71 KiB
Installed Size : 3286.00 KiB
Packager : Sergej Pupykin <pupykin.s+arch@gmail.com>
Build Date : Mon 13 Feb 2017 09:08:25 AM -03
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature

[coadde@nbc_netbook ~]$ pacman -Ql redis
redis /etc/
redis /etc/logrotate.d/
redis /etc/logrotate.d/redis
redis /etc/redis.conf
redis /usr/
redis /usr/bin/
redis /usr/bin/redis-benchmark
redis /usr/bin/redis-check-aof
redis /usr/bin/redis-check-rdb
redis /usr/bin/redis-cli
redis /usr/bin/redis-sentinel
redis /usr/bin/redis-server
redis /usr/lib/
redis /usr/lib/systemd/
redis /usr/lib/systemd/system/
redis /usr/lib/systemd/system/redis.service
redis /usr/share/
redis /usr/share/licenses/
redis /usr/share/licenses/redis/
redis /usr/share/licenses/redis/LICENSE

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/rdesktop 1.8.3-3
    An open source client for Windows Remote Desktop Services

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

A free software client for Windows Remote Desktop Services