Re: Easy download of zip file for 4.8 branch git head: was: Error Linking konlinetasks_sepa

[Gary Duzan]

In Message ,
   Jack wrote:

=>On 2017.07.29 12:20, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
=>> On Samstag, 29. Juli 2017 11:36:32 CEST Gary Duzan wrote:
=>[snip...]
=>>>I'll give that a try if I can, but pkgsrc building includes the
=>>> process of fetching the source, so I'd have to have a separate
=>>> version of the package to pull directly from git, and that can be a
=>>> bit unwieldy. Unless you can think of particular issues, I'd rather
=>>> get 4.8.0 working, then adapt the package when 4.8.1 comes out. If
=>>> there are minor workarounds necessary, pkgsrc can apply local
=>>> patches with no problem.
=>>
=>> Whatever 'fetching the source' means. I would consider checking out a
=>> tagged/ named version from a git repo als as 'fetching the source'.
=>> But I have no idea about pkgsrc, so this may all be invalid.
=>
=>It turns out that the kde git repository has a read-only copy at
=>github, and github has single URL access to download a zip version of a
=>repository tag head.  https://github.com/KDE/kmymoney is the main
=>starting point for KMyMoney source and
=>https://github.com/KDE/kmymoney/tree/4.8 shows the git head of the 4.8
=>branch, with https://github.com/KDE/kmymoney/archive/4.8.zip giving you
=>a zip file of the tree at that point.  I believe there are also ways to
=>craft a URL to pull from a github repository at any specified commit,
=>but that's a bit more involved.

   Thanks. It is a bit off topic, but I'll explain the issues.
pkgsrc-wip (Work In Progress) has support for git checkouts, but
not the main pkgsrc, so while a git-tracking wip package may be
useful, it isn't ideal for those hoping to migrate to pkgsrc. As
for branch tracking zip/tar files, pkgsrc records a checksum for
distribution files, so practically speaking it can't be a file that
changes. Once I get back to working on the package I'll see if
doing a git package is warranted.

Gary

Easy download of zip file for 4.8 branch git head: was: Error Linking konlinetasks_sepa

[Jack]

On 2017.07.29 12:20, Thomas Baumgart wrote:

On Samstag, 29. Juli 2017 11:36:32 CEST Gary Duzan wrote:

[snip...]
   I'll give that a try if I can, but pkgsrc building includes the  
process of fetching the source, so I'd have to have a separate  
version of the package to pull directly from git, and that can be a  
bit unwieldy. Unless you can think of particular issues, I'd rather  
get 4.8.0 working, then adapt the package when 4.8.1 comes out. If  
there are minor workarounds necessary, pkgsrc can apply local  
patches with no problem.


Whatever 'fetching the source' means. I would consider checking out a  
tagged/ named version from a git repo als as 'fetching the source'.  
But I have no idea about pkgsrc, so this may all be invalid.


It turns out that the kde git repository has a read-only copy at  
github, and github has single URL access to download a zip version of a  
repository tag head.  https://github.com/KDE/kmymoney is the main  
starting point for KMyMoney source and  
https://github.com/KDE/kmymoney/tree/4.8 shows the git head of the 4.8  
branch, with https://github.com/KDE/kmymoney/archive/4.8.zip giving you  
a zip file of the tree at that point.  I believe there are also ways to  
craft a URL to pull from a github repository at any specified commit,  
but that's a bit more involved.


Jack