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authorLoui Chang <louipc.ist@gmail.com>2008-04-06 17:57:30 -0400
committerSimo Leone <simo@archlinux.org>2008-04-25 11:11:08 -0500
commit2f7d52dc8c72d7afd7b5d640aa913fe96b1708be (patch)
tree2987e49c7f9c348e2e3cb012232ad5923ee3d29d
parentd3008d6175a591188a7e6ef075c930c642a622a1 (diff)
downloadaurweb-2f7d52dc8c72d7afd7b5d640aa913fe96b1708be.tar.xz
Update terminology in web/README.txt. Delete obsolete info.
Signed-off-by: Loui Chang <louipc.ist@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Simo Leone <simo@archlinux.org>
-rw-r--r--web/README.txt37
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/web/README.txt b/web/README.txt
index f6d9057..35c54e8 100644
--- a/web/README.txt
+++ b/web/README.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Setup on ArchLinux:
-===================
+Setup on Arch Linux:
+====================
1) Install Apache, MySQL, PHP, and git
# pacman -Sy apache mysql php git
@@ -108,25 +108,17 @@ Scripts:
the account type (regular user or TU). If a Dev is logged in, they
can also set the account type to Dev. TUs and Devs are able to
delete accounts. If an account is deleted, all "Unsupported"
- packages are orphaned (the Users.ID field in the UnsupportedPackages
+ packages are orphaned (the MaintainerUID field in the Packages
table is set to Null).
- html/packages.php
PHP script to search the package database. It should support
- searching by location ("unsupported", "AUR", "extra"), name,
+ searching by location ("unsupported", "community", "extra"), name,
category, maintainer, popularity, etc. It should resemble the
packages.php script on archlinux.org. A checkbox should be
included next to each package to allow users to flag a package
out of date, adopt it, and vote for it (and reverse operations).
-- html/pkgmgmnt.php
- This script is not accessed directly, but is invoked when a
- visitor clicks the 'manage' link from the 'packages.php' script.
- The user can edit the package information stored in the database
- such as the description, url, category, and location (a TU can move
- it to/from "unsupported" and the "AUR"). This is where TUs can
- adopt packages that are in the "unsupported" area.
-
- html/pkgsubmit.php
This is the PHP script that allows users to upload a new package.
The package format will be a tgz containing the PKGBUILD,
@@ -135,14 +127,21 @@ Scripts:
its category (network, devel, etc) but that can be modified
later by the adopting TU. The script makes appropriate entries
into the database (and perhaps notifies interested users of the
- new package - see question above).
+ new package).
-New terms/definitions:
+Terms and Definitions:
======================
-TU - No change (trusted by the community, if anyone asks what trust
- means)
-TUR - renamed to Arch User-community Repo (AUR) (so we can use -u for
- versions)
-Incoming - renamed to "Unsupported"
+AUR - Arch Linux User-Community Repository
+ Includes:
+ - the AUR web site,
+ - the [unsupported] 'repository'
+ - the [community] repository managed by the TUs
+
+TU - Trusted User
+ A user that can add binary packages to the [community]
+ repository and administer AUR.
+
+[unsupported]
+ The collection of package build files hosted via the AUR web site.