Hi, I just wanted to echo this as widely as needed ;-) So, copy/paste from my blog - Yes, again.
/------------------------------------------------------------ |There is quite a bit of software whose upstream authors decide that, |as they are already using Git for development, the main distribution |channel should be GitHub [1] - This allows, yes, for quite a bit of |flexibility, which many authors have taken advantage of. | |So, I just registered and set up GitHubRedir [2] to make it easier for |packagers to take advantage of it. | |Specifically, what does this redirector make? Given that GitHub allows |for downloading as a .zip or as a .tar.gz any given commit, it |suddenly becomes enough to git tag with a version number, and GitHub |magically makes that version available for download. Which is sweet! | |Sometimes it is a bit problematic, though, to follow their |format. Github gives a listing of the tags for each particular |prooject, and each of those tags has a download page, with both |archiving formats. | |I won't go into too much detail here - Thing is, going over several |pages becomes painful for Debian's uscan, widely used for various of |our QA processes. There are other implemented redirectors, such as the |one used for SourceForge. | |This redirector is mainly meant to be consumed by Debian's |uscan. Anybody who finds this system useful can freely use it, |although you might be better served by the rich, official GitHub.com |interface. | |Anyway - Enough repeating what I said on the GitHubRedir base |page. Find it useful? Go ahead and use it! \------------------------------------------------------------ Now, what packages in the group's umbrella can directly benefit from it? At a first glance: - libshoulda-ruby (Antonio Terceiro) - libwill-paginate-ruby (Gunnar Wolf) - libacts-as-list-ruby (Gunnar Wolf, in WIP) - rush (Michael Schutte, in WIP) But, of course, I think this will ease the pain for building many packages we have not tackled yet. [1] http://www.github.com/ [2] http://githubredir.debian.net/ -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF _______________________________________________ Pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers mailing list Pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers
