Subject: bug#27795: Issues with upstream source for guile-emacs

From: Ricardo Wurmus <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:22:06 +0200

Ricardo Wurmus <[email-masked]> writes:

> Leo Famulari <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> While working on the bug 'Changing package source URLs from git:// to
>> https://' [0], I noticed an issue with the sources for guile-emacs.
>>
>> We currently fetch this source code over the unauthenticated GIT
>> protocol. It is also available over HTTPS. However, these two protocols
>> are returning different Git repos for some reason.
>
> The clone times out for me:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> git clone https://git.hcoop.net/git/bpt/emacs.git guile-emacs-over-https
> Cloning into 'guile-emacs-over-https'...
> ^C
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> But the clone from git:// works fine.
>
> Is the repository actually served over HTTPS?

Don’t mind me.  It eventually worked.  The repositories have different
histories, and the https-repo looks like it is two commits behind.
Looks like an older rebase.

I’d say we should leave it with the current git:// URL.

-- 
Ricardo

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