[gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH] skel.ebuild: update SRC_URI

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

kangie posted on Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:49:29 +1000 as excerpted:

> In 2025 FTP is increasingly uncommon. The world we live in is (mostly)
> HTTPS, and SRC_URI should reflect that.

++

> Add additional commentry about (and use SRC_URI to show an example of)
> renaming the distfile with `->` when required.
>  # Point to any required sources; these will be automatically downloaded by
> -# Portage.
> -SRC_URI="ftp://foo.example.org/${P}.tar.gz"
> +# Portage. If a file needs to be renamed, use the "->" syntax.
> +SRC_URI="https://files.example.org/foo/v${PV}.tar.xz -> ${P}.tar.xz"

So I suppose I'm as portage-positive as the next guy, but...

Maybe take the opportunity to s/Portage/package manager/ (mangler?) or
some such while you're at it?  (Or maybe "EAPI compliant package manager"
if just PM's too generic, or just PM if it's not considered to ambiguous...)
Just seems a bit like tunnel vision to specifically name portage in something
like skel.ebuild these days, even if portage /is/ the vast majority, user-side.

(Of course doesn't /have/ to be /this/ commit if someone thinks that needs
more discussion than the simple s/ftp/https/ stuff or maybe council needs
to vote on a change like that... but the discussion would need to start
somewhere even if it won't go in this commit, so...)

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