FS#49797 - [texlive-bin] build biber from source

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Andreas Bilke (abilke) - Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 09:13 GMT
Last edited by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:47 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Would it be possible to build the biber executable from source instead of downloading the binary from sourceforge?

Reason:

Downloading binary packages via http (and "secure" it with a unsecure md5 hash) is not the best option I think. Biber also offer there source via github (and https).
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Closed by  Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng)
Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:47 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:47 GMT
Done. For TeXLive 2016, there is now a separate "biber" package built from source.

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