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[PATCH v0 00/15] XFCE: Move source from generated archive to git.

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Message #164 received at 75146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> envs.net>
To: Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie <at> iscas.ac.cn>
Cc: 75146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ashvithshetty10 <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: [bug#75146] [PATCH v0 00/15] XFCE: Move source from generated
 archive to git.
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:23:33 +0800

Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie <at> iscas.ac.cn> writes:

> 宋文武 via Guix-patches via <guix-patches <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Ashvith Shetty <ashvithshetty10 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> This patch series moves the source for XFCE applications and plugins 
>>> from the pre-generated archive file to their git source for quality 
>>> reasons (inconsistency between git and archive builds, 
>>> missing files in generated archive, etc).
>>
>> Hello, could you explain more about those inconsistency and missing
>> files?  Build from git is more expensive than tarballs, as it download
>> more and need more dependencies, so I think we should avoid it if
>
> I think using git sources makes it easier to test and develop xfce, likes
> test pr, and to avoid things like XZ Utils backdoor.

Good points, thanks.

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