Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-24 Thread Brandon Nielsen
On 2/22/22 1:56 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: Brandon Nielsen writes: I would like to see the forge macros removed from the guidelines if development truly has ceased. I would like to get into them and at least see what needs to change but... the internal implementation is somewhat

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-24 Thread PGNet Dev
On 2/24/22 10:12 AM, Fabio Valentini wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 4:00 PM PGNet Dev wrote: especially since they don't really provide value for standard GitHub tarball downloads etc. compared to the "old" SourceURL some of us strongly disagree. admittedly, with no weight ...

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-24 Thread Ben Beasley
I have stopped using the “forge” macros in most cases where I am packaging a release/tag, since the URLs are simple enough without them, usually something like URL: https://github.com/foo/bar Source0: %{url}/archive/v%{version}/bar-%{version}.tar.gz However, when I need to package an untagged

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-24 Thread Fabio Valentini
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 4:00 PM PGNet Dev wrote: > > > especially since they don't really provide value for > > standard GitHub tarball downloads etc. compared to the "old" SourceURL > > some of us strongly disagree. admittedly, with no weight ... Admittedly, packages like the .spec for nginx

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-24 Thread PGNet Dev
especially since they don't really provide value for standard GitHub tarball downloads etc. compared to the "old" SourceURL some of us strongly disagree. admittedly, with no weight ... ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-24 Thread Fabio Valentini
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 8:57 PM Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > > > Brandon Nielsen writes: > > > I would like to see the forge macros removed from the guidelines if > > development truly has ceased. > > I would like to get into them and at least see what needs to change > but... the internal

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-22 Thread PGNet Dev
Aside from the other follow-ups about whether or not to use them... here's an example of a SPEC I wrote for a proposed package: not all are concerned with building according to Fedora Packaging standards, for proposal in inclusion some of us use forgemeta because it provides capability that

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-22 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Ian Pilcher said: > Can anyone suggest a good (simple) example SPEC file that I can > reference as an example of how to use the forgemeta macro? Aside from the other follow-ups about whether or not to use them... here's an example of a SPEC I wrote for a proposed package:

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-22 Thread Jason L Tibbitts III
> Brandon Nielsen writes: > I would like to see the forge macros removed from the guidelines if > development truly has ceased. I would like to get into them and at least see what needs to change but... the internal implementation is somewhat baroque and my time is severely limited. I

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-22 Thread Brandon Nielsen
On 2/22/22 1:19 AM, Mattia Verga via devel wrote: Il 21/02/22 22:09, Fabio Valentini ha scritto: Hi! I would recommend that you use the standard source handling as documented on the SourceURL page. The forge macros are no longer actively maintained or developed, the last fix / update they

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-21 Thread Mattia Verga via devel
Il 21/02/22 22:09, Fabio Valentini ha scritto: > Hi! > I would recommend that you use the standard source handling as > documented on the SourceURL page. > The forge macros are no longer actively maintained or developed, the > last fix / update they received was almost two years ago. > The

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-21 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 2/21/22 15:09, Fabio Valentini wrote: So, if you plan to package releases / tags from your GitHub project, just use what's documented here: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/SourceURL/#_git_tags Glad I asked. Thanks! --

Re: Looking for %{forgemeta} GitHub example

2022-02-21 Thread Fabio Valentini
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 9:55 PM Ian Pilcher wrote: > > Can anyone suggest a good (simple) example SPEC file that I can > reference as an example of how to use the forgemeta macro? > > I'm trying to build SPEC files for a couple of personal GitHub-hosted > projects, and I'd like to make them as