fwiw, looking at the repo on github. There are tags. They're just dates, Ideally one would get an idea of what the tags are from upstream, but you could just git clone using a tag. Also github allows you to easily get a tarball given a tag:
wget https://github.com/hboetes/mg/tarball/20180927 On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 8:36 AM Geert Stappers <stapp...@debian.org> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 02:16:27PM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I am maintainer for mg, currently on salsa. Problem is, upstream > > doesn't release tar balls anymore, but moved the code to github. > > No tags. > > > > How can I tell Salsa? > > Question seen. > However I think the question doesn't an answer. > Please revolt if you think otherwise. > > > > Should I drop the upstream and pristine-tar > > branches on Salsa and integrate the repository on github? > > No. > > > Would you suggest to move the debian part to github instead? > > No. > > > > Every helpful comment is highly appreciated > :-) > > > The "problem" is "no more tarballs from upstream". > (As in: The problem is NOT that upstream moved to some git repo server.) > > It is completely fine to keep all the Debian stuff at Salsa. > > > IMHO boils the question of Original Poster down to > What, or which version, should be packaged, > when Upstream stopped doing releases? > > > I see three possiblities: > * Talk with Upstream about version numbering > * Choose a version number scheme yourself > * Ask for further advice > > > > Harri > > > > https://github.com/hboetes/mg > > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mg > > > > > Groeten > Geert Stappers > -- > Leven en laten leven > >
