arora: version mystery

[James T]

On the pardus packages website, the version of arora [webkit-based browser] in the main (pardus2009) repository is listed as 0.10.1 which is current, but when I actually install it, it is 0.9.0. Is this a case of the build system not keeping up, or what?

[Michiel]

Both when visiting the URL and when double clicking arora in Package Manager I only see version 0.9.0

http://paketler.pardus.org.tr/pardus-2009/arora-0.9.0-11-4.pisi

So the current version in Pardus is indeed 0.9.0

I do not know where you noticed a 1.0 version but perhaps you were misled by the delta pisi packages that are also listed at the above URL.


 arora-1-2.delta.pisi                                         27-Aug-2009 19:23  574K  
 arora-2-4.delta.pisi                                         24-Sep-2009 20:50  591K  
 arora-3-4.delta.pisi                                         24-Sep-2009 20:50  3.7K  

They do not mean that a version 1.2 or even 2.4 or 3.4 are to be installed, I guess the misleading numbering refers to upgrading previous versions of arora (in Pardus) to newer versions.

Anyway I did not notice anything else then a 0.9.0 package of Arora...at http://paketler.pardus.org.tr/pardus-2009/

BUT in the TEST repo a 1.0 version package is emerging, did you mean that one?

http://paketler.pardus.org.tr/pardus-2009-test/arora-0.10.1-14-7.pisi

pardus-2009-test is not the same repo as pardus-2009 of course 

[James T]

I was looking at: http://packages.pardus.org.tr/info/2009/stable/binaries.html, which lists 0.10.1.

[Michiel]

Ah, I see!~ And I see that a number of updates have been realised just this last week.

If you want to you can build the pisi package for 0.10 and install it.

In the Konsole do:

Code:

sudo pisi bi https://svn.pardus.org.tr/pardus/2009/stable/network/web/arora/pspec.xml

comes with 33 dependencies (!)

[James T]

So I guess that 0.10 will arrive in the not too distant future. In which case I'll probably wait (building can be quite slow on a netbook).

[Michiel]

I built it on my laptop, here I attach the resulting pisi package.

I installed just fine on my laptop (see screenshot), I am using Pardus 2009.

I guess the reason why it ahs not appeared in pardus-2009-test or pardus-2009 yet is the quick follow-up of releases 12, 13 and 14 so the packager nearly had the time to move the package in the repo, and also apparently he noticed minor bugs which led to further afjustments before publishing in the test repo..

Release history

Release   Release date   Version   Updater   Comment

14   2009-10-05   0.10.1   Mehmet Nur Olcay   Bugfix release:
* Drop upstreamed patches
- Fix crashes when using privacy mod
- Fix "SSL handshake failure" bug and some other fixes

13   2009-10-02   0.10.0   Mehmet Nur Olcay   Add two quick upstream patches for:
- sites were showing a SSL handshake failure rather then prompting about
- only tab down the completer when the popup is visible

12   2009-10-01   0.10.0   Mehmet Nur Olcay   Bump to latest stable
* Drop upstreamed patches
* Update Turkish locale
- Add support for AdBlock
- Support several common modifiers in the location bar for modifying the typed in url
- Add Password Management / AutoFill
- Save and restore the tab back/forward history (Qt 4.6)
- Limit download progress updates to 5 per second to reduces CPU use from 18% to 3%
- Allow urls to be dropped on the bookmark bar and bookmark menu
- Lots of improvements and bug fixes

[James T]

Thanks for the help. I'll give it a try on my "test bed" box.

[James T]

An interesting postscript: It appears that the arora developers are working on Pardus -- I was checking the project page to see if a rendering issue I was seeing had already been reported, and noticed that the downloads were source, .pisi, .exe and .dmg (no debs or rpms).

[Michiel]

"Translated" with Google from the turkish Pardus e-zine:

Arora developers, lightweight Web browser running on any platform today announced the 0.10.x version.  Arora, WebKit QtWebKit using small, fast and embodies all the features a browser that aims to be.

The latest version of the browser a few bug fixes, performance improvements and new features contain.

0:10 Arora series, to prevent unwanted Internet ads and use AdBlock support users to the site each time you enter a password, recording feature to ensure not to enter a password has been added. A directory listing feature added in the previous version, this version features a hidden file hide-imaging has also been added and many keyboard shortcuts that are online.

Removed immediately after updating to version 0.10.1 to 0:10 Arora, this little bug fixes in the release of Turkey were provided with a new feature users will rejoice. Pardus developers, Mehmet Nur OLCAY 's localization through Turkish interface to meet Arora, will soon enter the Pardus repository.

http://www.ozgurlukicin.com/haber/aroradan-yeni-ozellikler/