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There's a link to the git repo in OP.

• davexunit 12y ago
  source release != git repo
  • jerf 12y ago
    Well, yes, because git repo > source release so it's clearly not equal. I just checked; the repo tags releases in some reasonably proper manner. (Personally I prefer some prefix like "release_0.2" to a tag simply named "0.2", but it does the job.)
    • davexunit 12y ago
      >because git repo > source release so it's clearly not equal. No, they have different uses. I simply want to install the software, so I want a source release tarball. Source releases include more than what a git repo provides, such as pre-built configure scripts and Makefiles. A tag in a git repo is no substitute for a proper release.
      • avar 12y ago
        That's true for something that uses e.g. autoconf, but moreutils doesn't build any makefile or configure script, it's right there in the Git repository. So I see what your objection is for packages in general, but it doesn't apply in this case.
        • davexunit 12y ago
          We package moreutils in GNU Guix, and it's much more preferable to download a source tarball than have to clone a git repo, so we download the tarball from Debian. We clone the git repo when there's no other choice, but it's far from ideal.
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