FS#56533 - Should not build from git when released packages are available

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mike Sharov (msharov) - Friday, 01 December 2017, 21:06 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Friday, 01 December 2017, 23:58 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Some packages, such as gcc and firefox, currently build by cloning the bleeding edge repository and selecting some commit from it. Both gcc and firefox release source tarballs for each version, and those should be used instead. The current state of affairs makes it impossible to compile an older version of the package. It also requires unnecessarily downloading the entire project repository instead of just the version being compiled. This not only takes forever, but can take a substatial bite from our ISP data caps.
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Friday, 01 December 2017, 23:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Friday, 01 December 2017, 22:48 GMT
How does it make it impossible to compile an older version of the package?
Comment by Mike Sharov (msharov) - Friday, 01 December 2017, 23:44 GMT
By not locking to a specific version. I tried to compile firefox 55, but makepkg pulled in the mercurial main branch, which apparently was 57 and failed.

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