[aur-general] ttf-google-webfonts{,-distilled,-git,-hg} mess

David J. Haines djhaines at gmx.com
Thu Apr 25 11:31:47 EDT 2013


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:17:36AM -0400, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:04:12 +0100
> WorMzy Tykashi <wormzy.tykashi at gmail.com> 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? --
> > > David J. Haines
> > > djhaines at gmx.com
> > >
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Arnold        Webstream: http://hieronymus.soup.io
> 
> Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships.
> Michael Jordan
> 

Thus the utility of the -tarball PKGBUILD: users don't have to track it;
they can rely on the maintainer.
-- 
David J. Haines
djhaines at gmx.com


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