Re: lang/mono master sites

[triaxx%NetBSD.org@localhost]

Le 17/02/2024 à 21:44, Greg Troxel a écrit :
> triaxx%NetBSD.org@localhost writes:
>
> > Le 17/02/2024 à 19:02, triaxx%NetBSD.org@localhost a écrit :
> > > Le 17/02/2024 à 12:07, triaxx%NetBSD.org@localhost a écrit :
> > > > The master site to fetch lang/mono is
> > > > https://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/ but the archive of
> > > > the last stable release available on it is 6.12.0.199.tar.xz.
> > > >
> > > > The last stable release available on GitHub is
> > > > https://github.com/mono/mono/archive/refs/tags/mono-6.12.0.206.tar.gz
> > > >
> > > > The 6.12.0.200 release seems to fix a security issue:
> > > > https://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/6.12.0.200/
> > > >
> > > > Why don't we use GitHub release repositories as master site for
> > > > lang/mono?
>
> > I noticed Makefile.in are not provided in GitHub archives.
> > and neither external tool directories.
>
> Have you filed a bug with upstream?
No

> Or do they document that they only have github releases, and you have > to autogen?The question is relevant. I think I have to investigate to 
understand their policies and document lang/mono if relevant and necessary.