Re: .spec file Source0 magic for github release source tarballs?

[Richard Shaw]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Alec Leamas <leamas.alec(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Actually, the GL are pretty clear here: the source should be
> referenced
>  using the full commit, nothing else. There is some reasoning why. The tag
>  should got to  Version: (as long its 'sane').
>
>  Besides that this is the existing GL, there is also a subtle difference in
>  git-archive (which supposedly runs this).  When archiving  a tag, the
>  sources gets today's date. OTOH, when archiving a commit,  the sources
>  modification dates are their commit date. Last time I checked this was also
>  true on github.
>  
Of course github could change it at any time but it looks to be working
properly right now, in the case of OpenColorIO:
Source0:
https://github.com/%{upstream}/%{name}/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{vers...

run through spectool:
https://github.com/imageworks/OpenColorIO/archive/v1.0.9/OpenColorIO-1.0....

downloaded right now:
$ curl -LO
https://github.com/imageworks/OpenColorIO/archive/v1.0.9/OpenColorIO-1.0....

$ ll OpenColorIO-1.0.9
total 72
-rw-rw-r--.  1 build build 11958 Oct  8 17:59 ChangeLog
-rw-rw-r--.  1 build build 15763 Oct  8 17:59 CMakeLists.txt
drwxrwxr-x.  6 build build  4096 Oct  8 17:59 docs
drwxrwxr-x.  5 build build  4096 Oct  8 17:59 export
drwxrwxr-x.  3 build build  4096 Oct  8 17:59 ext
-rw-rw-r--.  1 build build    45 Oct  8 17:59 INSTALL
-rw-rw-r--.  1 build build 11286 Oct  8 17:59 LICENSE
-rw-rw-r--.  1 build build  1115 Oct  8 17:59 README
drwxrwxr-x.  6 build build  4096 Oct  8 17:59 share
drwxrwxr-x. 11 build build  4096 Oct  8 17:59 src
drwxrwxr-x.  2 build build  4096 Oct  8 17:59 testdata

Still has the Oct 8 tag date.

Is there a possibility of updating the guidelines? I like this method much
better, no only is it clearer but easier to maintain. Of course if upstream
does not tag releases, then the current method should be used.

Thanks,
Richard