[Slackbuilds-users] Github

[Niels Horn]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Pierre Cazenave <pwcazenave at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15/12/2010 10:02, Niels Horn wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Pierre
>> Cazenave<pwcazenave at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 15/12/2010 09:47, Ozan Türkyılmaz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 2010/12/15 Pierre Cazenave<pwcazenave at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> A project for which I maintain a SlackBuild
>>>>> (gimp-deskew-plugin) has gone offline. The code has been forked
>>>>> and uploaded to github, however there are no snapshots
>>>>> available. I have discovered it's possible to download a
>>>>> current snapshot with
>>>>> https://github.com/prokoudine/gimp-deskew-plugin/tarball/master
>>>>> -- is this an acceptable $DOWNLOAD?
>>>>>
>>>>> I am new to github, so if I've missed something, I'd be happy
>>>>> to be told.
>>>>>
>>>> Check this out:
>>>>
>>>> http://support.github.com/discussions/repos/1281-direct-download-with-wget
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
> Thanks. I've had a look at the github site for the Gimp deskew plugin, but
>>>
>>> there haven't been any official releases, so I can't specify a
>>> version in the url to download. I can only download Master, which
>>> might change, at which point the md5 sum of the source in my .info
>>> file will differ from the downloaded source's sum.
>>>
>>> Should I just download the current snapshot and see if I can find
>>> somewhere to host it?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Pierre
>>
>> Yes, the best solution would be to get a stable tarball hosted
>> somewhere, so that the MD5SUM can be used.
>>
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>
> Is that an offer?... ;)
>
> Pierre
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Heh :)

If all else fails, I can put it on my site, but my hosting contract is
a non-professional one, without up-time SLA, etc. (historically 96%
availability only).

I think there are better solutions in the other replies here, but if
needed I can help you.

Niels