This is what is actually said;
"Since the github portgroup uses "tarball" downloads, not "archive" downloads, 
this also means the checksums will change. "

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Note: It might appear my name as "Ziad Ali" instaed of "Abdulrahman 
Alshammari". 
This is an issue that I am trying to fix.

> On Apr 15, 2016, at 8:39 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Abdulrahman Alshammari <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> I was asked to change some parts of portfile. I did that except the 
> checksums. I was told that the checksums will be changed because the github 
> port. Can someone let me know how I can change it since using the same way 
> will always generate the same checksums? If there any further changed, please 
> let me know.
> 
> That sounds a bit confused. My guess is they asked you to use a release 
> tarball, because github generates non-release tarballs on the fly and removes 
> them if they haven't been accessed in a while, so the checksums are not 
> stable. (Release tarballs do have stable checksums.)
> 
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