[aur-general] When does a package need -svn?

[Andrei Thorp]

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 at archlinux.ca> wrote:
> Andrei Thorp <garoth at 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
>