On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 01:01:37PM -0400, Daniel Micay wrote: > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Mateusz Loskot <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 25 April 2013 17:15, Maxime GAUDUIN <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:31 PM, David J. Haines <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:17:36AM -0400, Jonathan Arnold wrote: > >>> > On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:04:12 +0100 > >>> > WorMzy Tykashi <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > > > So, then the solution is for the -git maintainer to update / > >>> > > > re-upload the PKGBUILD whenever there's a "version" bump to the git > >>> > > > repo? > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > > No, the solution is for the users of the -git package to track > >>> > > upstream changes and re-compile the package as and when they see fit. > >>> > > >>> > As it is for all -git (and -svn and -hg, etc) packages. As it should > >>> > be, IMHO. > >>> > > >>> > >>> Thus the utility of the -tarball PKGBUILD: users don't have to track it; > >>> they can rely on the maintainer. > > > >> > >> Such a thing is only true when using AUR helpers, which, again, are not > >> supported. Even as a helper user, I don't think the -tarball package is > >> needed. > > > > As user of AUR, I agree. > > I'm slowly getting sick of the AUR mess and spread of duplicate packages > > motivated by some narrow corner cases and customisation. > > Either makepkg and PKGBUILD is enhanced to properly support the development > > kind of packages, namely *-{git|hg|svn} and perform actual update of > > local copy of sources > > (even if PKGBUILD has not been updated) > > or users have to accept the fact they play with cutting-edge version of > > software > > so they take care of updates it on their own. > > > > Stop AUR insanity! > > > > Best regards, > > -- > > Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net > > makepkg has full support for VCS packages now, it runs the pkgver > function to check for a new version and then updates/rebuilds. It even > knows how to fetch the sources automatically.
Well until PKGBUILD and the AUR report versions correctly, I'd want to see the -tarball variant (and others like it) stick around. That's my two cents. -- David J. Haines [email protected]
