On 8/28/2011 10:05 PM, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > I'm wondering how other ports maintainers are dealing with their > definitions of MASTER_SITES=, DISTFILES=, DISTNAME=, etc. with > regards to Sourceforge. > > In browsing a number of projects recently on Sourceforge, I've > noticed that the paths to project distfiles are now using the > element "projects" rather than "project". > > What I'm looking for is how to declare things in a clean and elegant > fashion in a port's Makefile to handle these cases, one that will > hopefully not require any revisions for later upgrades. Is it > necessary to just scrap the "SF" definition entirely and hardcode the > URL? > > In addition, I've run across a few projects that use slightly > differing versions of the project name, either somewhere in the path > or for the distfile name itself. For example, looking at the > "scidvspc" project earlier today, I noticed this: > > The link for the distfile is defined as: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/source/scid_vs_pc-4.5.tgz/download > > Clicking the download link, one is presented with alternatives in > case the download doesn't start automatically. > > The "mirror" link: > > https://sourceforge.net/settings/mirror_choices?projectname=scidvspc&filename=source/scid_vs_pc-4.5.tgz > > The "direct link": > > https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scidvspc/source/scid_vs_pc-4.5.tgz?r=&ts=1314582468&use_mirror=superb-sea2 > > Frankly, I'm baffled as to how our current definition of > "MASTER_SITES=SF/<something>" is supposed to handle all of this. > > Can anyone point me towards a source of enlightenment? :-) > > Thanks! >
Slightly related and unrelated at the same time. So sorry if I drifted too far. I was discussing this very concept about a month ago with a friend. I was trying to update my PortableApps.om installation and the script I had written to fetch updated apps broke because I couldn't figure out how to handle these new url's. It would see SF's idea of a direct link is a redirect, thus obfuscating the real servers even more and the path the project is in.... -- > Chris Brennan -- A: Yes. >> Q: Are you sure? >>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? > http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ > GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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