From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OSpNK-0005vf-Uc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:46:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0AB64E09BC; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:46:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32662E0996 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:46:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb17 with SMTP id 17so2136767wwb.40 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:46:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=/10RxMneHw/wQk8K/H0c2ldKREiuy16O4nl/S7cw5uE=; b=K8ta6ii/fqLB3ULixQLRlYW6etI6uXbeFWjYL1j8kdhL4aeQ3R5FEcyP8MYGhTCq1C f3LBTNvipoEvidvEI7fpiCOu/LOAYvqdp6aamYUPrsrxaRfTLYE4u+tEhKOIMEiFg/qa zk326CL08KuUIWHpj0EQTQiBfiNW7IQxxgbQg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=IzUEYTWFyvcggUoAoVj0YCEi9SG5RnSIDxGC7hEEo+NgKF6m5AzoN1JqWfIViPOUbj p0uQlAQ6ELjq/MKjMJyuhq8SMe4TbDoqPYqyKPoCKb7QouyxiuEYqlowqu2unsBBmOMT bv/kpXzbMsHYMr4yN6dhQ91Q3m5Kk7UkiBjQs= Received: by 10.216.86.198 with SMTP id w48mr2305597wee.37.1277635563607; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:46:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snowcone ([92.16.76.96]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w19sm4352702weq.20.2010.06.27.03.46.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:46:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:45:58 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FYI: Rules for distro-friendly packages Message-ID: <20100627114558.3e2d652d@snowcone> In-Reply-To: <20100627103443.GA23460@nibiru.local> References: <20100625201738.GA4789@nibiru.local> <4C2518FB.9090800@gentoo.org> <20100626185104.GB4789@nibiru.local> <4C265345.6060102@gentoo.org> <20100626194639.GE4789@nibiru.local> <20100626205921.4e2a0b9e@snowcone> <20100626200909.GG4789@nibiru.local> <20100626211816.7b4a13dc@snowcone> <20100627103443.GA23460@nibiru.local> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/zcEiG1_N6uc/FvVgUge+dmJ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 1362073d-ae21-4c61-8c4b-3246d5508c8e X-Archives-Hash: 91936cde5dca8ea35b3f5c9d8f5f68a0 --Sig_/zcEiG1_N6uc/FvVgUge+dmJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:34:44 +0200 Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > You assume that, given the same input and program options, a > > compression program will always produce the same output. This is not > > the case. >=20 > Well, at least for tar, I've experienced no problem here yet. > But: true, it might change between tar versions. The main offender is the compression program, not tar. > A more sophisticated approach, IMHO, would be: directly fetching > from the VCS Yes, upstreams are going to love you for that... --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/zcEiG1_N6uc/FvVgUge+dmJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkwnK+kACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGuTwCcCojq5gwLALlfLKYIuS4C3EUB FE0AoMLACl4V1dErMe75fjFDHjePyLQZ =aZJf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/zcEiG1_N6uc/FvVgUge+dmJ--