Idk, maybe. People just browsing his site to get the source probably wouldn't know about it, most packagers probably would. Hard to say. On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Xyne <xyne@archlinux.ca> wrote:
Andrei Thorp <garoth@gmail.com> wrote:
Some other options: - He could have a "hidden" folder somewhere with the sources. He then could just not tell people about that. - You could do some serious hacks and have a script click through the download dialog and get the source as a human would. Bad for PKGBUILDS.
The SVN route is pretty good, I think.
-AT
I initially thought about the "secret" direct link too but that really would ruin his nag system as Philipp mentioned because the direct link would eventually become common knowledge.
I agree that the SVN checkout is probably the best compromise in absence of a direct link to the tarball.
/Xyne