On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:09:30 -0800 Shawn W Dunn <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 07:58 -0600, Malcolm wrote: > > Hi > > Just an observation that maybe needs clarification to pmbs users, a > > mention on the openSUSE forum of the following package tweaked my > > interest, so went to check it out; > > > > https://pmbs.links2linux.de/package/show/Extra/UEFITool > > > > Why has the pristine tarball been changed, it should be as > > downloaded, yes? > > > > No updated changes file? > > > > No peer review, AFAIK, package updates should be branched into the > > users home project, updated and submitted, not directly committed. > > > > I see no reason for this package not to be built on OBS to help > > reduce build load. > > > > Offhand, it looks as if it is a version bump from 0.20.2 to 0.20.3, > but for some reason, the Maintainer isn't using the proper tarball, > or at lease renaming it in a poor manner.... > > Upstream @ https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool Is showing the 0.20.3 > tarball to be named 0.20.3.tar.gz which is a terrible naming > convention, granted, but at least it tells you which version it is. > > If a tarball is going to be renamed by the Maintainer for clarity, I > think UEFITool-0.20.3.tar.gz is a far better idea, than just calling > it UEFITool.tar.gz, for traceability. A nice "trick" to get correct named tarballs at github: https://github.com/Longsoft/%{name}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz In this case: https://github.com/Longsoft/UEFITool/archive/0.20.3/UEFITool-0.20.3.tar.gz Greetings, Carsten -- Linux - Das System fuer schlaue Maedchen ;) -- banshee
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