On 00:39 Fri 05 Sep , Zac Medico wrote: > David Leverton wrote: > > 2008/9/5 Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Both approaches are essentially equivalent but it's a little simpler > >> for ebuild writer if they don't have to customize the output file name. > > > > But is it so much simpler as to justify adding a special > > gitweb-specific hack to the package managers? > > Well, it's not much different from the existing file extension logic > that's already built into the unpack function. I think what really > matters is whether or not the majority of people see it as a useful > extension.
I'm not writing new ebuilds from scratch or changing SRC_URI of existing ebuilds so often (especially those with this particular requirement) that there's any meaningful barrier to using arros instead of having this custom thing. -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com
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