[Fedora-packaging] Github URL clarification

Gerald B. Cox gbcox at bzb.us
Tue Jun 23 17:09:43 UTC 2015


Michael,
I'm working on a revision here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gbcox/PackagingDrafts/SourceURL

I'll take a look at that and see if I can clarify since I'm already working
on it.


On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Michael Cronenworth <mike at cchtml.com>
wrote:

> FPC,
>
> Many packages are using the Github release URL.
>
> IE: github.com/foo/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
>
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/cbootimage.git/tree/cbootimage.spec
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/git-extras.git/tree/git-extras.spec
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/jacoco.git/tree/jacoco.spec
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/libepoxy.git/tree/libepoxy.spec
>
> Some are using a slightly different, but similar, URL.
>
> IE: github.com/foo/%{name}/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
>
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/json-c.git/tree/json-c.spec
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/livecd-tools.git/tree/livecd-tools.spec
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/python-meh.git/tree/python-meh.spec
>
> The list of packages using these URLs extends beyond these 7 packages.
>
> Can the Github URL wiki text be clarified to either include or exclude the
> release tarball provided by Github?
>
> Thank you,
> Michael
>
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