Re: CHEESESHOP or GH

Hi Charlie,

On 1/28/23 01:47, Charlie Li wrote:
> I commented. This guideline isn't specific to python@ per se, but 
> something that applies to all ports: proper release distributions 
> (usually source tarballs) are preferred over source code management tags.
> 
> For this port, you can go either way, but if you choose to fetch from 
> GitHub, make sure to add a comment in the Makefile explaining the 
> situation (and maybe reference the upstream issue).
> 
> It's unfortunate when individual projects choose to disregard proper 
> release engineering practices. Part of our job as port maintainers is to 
> serve as that check-and-balance such that if projects want their stuff 
> in software repositories, they have to put some consideration as well.
>

Thank you very much. I saw your comment and learned alot from it. 
Hopefully it'll persuade them to change their mind. If not, I'll switch 
to fetching from github, but I'll make sure to add a comment to the 
Makefile explaining the situation.

.einar