On 02/20/2013 12:38 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:23:02 PM Thomas Goirand wrote: >> The idea to use "git archive" was mostly from Julien Danjou. It's >> very nice because that way, we can use xz compression, instead >> of what upstream provides (that is, github .zip or .tar.gz, which >> isn't the best). > See devref 6.7.8. This not an appropriate reason to not use the upstream > tarball. > > Scott K Thanks Scott, but I believe I know what I'm doing. This wasn't the only reason I stated, it's only one of the consequences.
What upstream considers "release tarballs" are *not* what Github provides anyway (it is a little bit more complex than this). Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
