GNU bug report logs - #28745
tarballs generated on github are generated on demand (leading to different hash sums)

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Package: guix;

Reported by: ng0 <ng0 <at> infotropique.org>

Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 11:41:01 UTC

Severity: important

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #30 received at 28745-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bug#28745 <28745-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#28745: [PATCH] tarballs generated on github are generated on
 demand (leading to different hash sums)
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 12:48:04 +0200

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Unfortunately, it’s become commonplace to publish nothing else than a
> Git tag.  Now, in those cases, we could also use ‘git-fetch’, which
> wouldn’t be affected by problems with generated tarballs.
>
> Thoughts?

For a couple of packages I’ve already started using git-fetch with the
tag (instead of the commit hash).  I think that’s preferable over using
auto-generated tarballs.

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Ricardo

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