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[PATCH] gnu: libcgroup: Update to 2.0.2.

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From: muradm <mail <at> muradm.net>
To: "(" <paren <at> disroot.org>
Cc: 56858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#56858] [PATCH] gnu: libcgroup: Update to 2.0.2.
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 08:42:20 +0300

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"(" <paren <at> disroot.org> writes:

> Hi!
>
> On Sun Jul 31, 2022 at 4:29 PM BST, muradm wrote:
>> +    (home-page "https://github.com/libcgroup/libcgroup")
> Put home-page under inputs and above synopsis, where it was 
> before.
>

Is there a guideline where home-page should be? I find it more
DRY when reusing.

>>         (method url-fetch)
>> -       (uri (string-append
>> -             "mirror://sourceforge/libcg/" name "/"
>> -             version "/" name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
>> +       (uri (string-append home-page "/releases/download/v"
>> +                           version "/" name "-" version 
>> ".tar.gz"))
> Since we're using github now, we likely want to use git-fetch 
> here.
> I've been told Github releases are volatile.
>
>     -- (

Their repo is not suitable for building from, instead
they release sources manually.

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