* Axel Beckert <[email protected]> schrieb: > Upstream tarballs are preferable because: > > * It's use is recommended in the Developer Reference
recommended essentially means optional. > * It's clear how the tarball was generated -- built by upstream and > downloaded > * Distributions which build the software on package/port installation > time (like e.g. FreeBSD and Gentoo) rely a lot on the Debian > mirrors -- but only if we use the original upstream tarball.(*) FreeBSD and Gentoo have their own mirror infrastructures, I don't think that they rely on Debian in any way. > Tarballs built from a git repo which includes the upstream git repo as > a remote git repo are preferable because: > > * They may include more files you possibly need for using > automake/autoconf foo or to rebuild other stuff which is prebuilt in > the official upstream tarball.(**) That's one of the reasons I don't like upstream tarballs at all, if an usable VCS repo is available. I usually regenerate everything (at least the autocrap stuff) and therefore want all those files out of the way first. Can't we build packages *directly* from an git tag without having an upstream/orig tarball at all ? cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: [email protected] mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
