On 14/03/16 13:12, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:15 PM, David Timms dtimms@iinet.net.au wrote:
Hi, I've worked out what seemed to be a correct URL for for rakarrack spec, now that it is accessed via git within the sf website:
I couldn't work out how to fit the sourceforce git URLs from: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SourceURL#Sourceforge.net or https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SourceURL#Git_Hosting_Services
to suit. Any ideas for a standard way to handle sf git snapshots ?
Move them to github. Seriously. Sourceforge has been playing various games to avoid accessing content without going through their adveritising functions since they were first founded, and I've found no reason to work with any project hosted there since..... checking old notes, not since 2009.
I do not have power over upstream. I'm talking about downstream packaging. I'd like to hear from someone with a legit answer, please ?
Is the provided URL (which goes stale quickly, yet is re-generate-able) OK ?
If it goes stale quickly, I'd consider it useless. Git was not designed to support magical dancing URL's, that kind of instability takes actual planning and work to inflict on the software repository and on its users..
I think it's quite reasonable; they have the complete content stored as git diffs, they then do-not need to store a zip archive after every commit ever made. Instead, just create one when someone asks for it...
I'm really asking how I should write my .spec Source0 url.. maybe I could write 2x lines (one that triggers the creation of the archive, and the second which is the actual location) ??