[MacPorts] #40518: github portgroup github.master_sites should point to .../archive/... not .../tarball/...

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#40518: github portgroup github.master_sites should point to .../archive/... not
.../tarball/...
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  Reporter:  fred.brunner@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:  2.2.0
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:  github          |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: jason-macports@… (added)


Comment:

 I've never looked at any version of github API. I've just looked at the
 github web site to determine what URLs exist, and coded the github
 portgroup to match.

 I may some day:
  * add archive URL support to the github portgroup via a new option
 "`github.tarball_from archive`"
  * add "`github.tarball_from tags`" to all ports currently relying on that
 being the default, along with a comment advising the portfile author to
 remove it and switch to archives with the next update
  * change the default for `github.tarball_from` to `archive`

 However, since "tags" and "archive" tarballs have exactly the same
 contents (with just a different enclosing directory name, and thus a
 different checksum), it is not a high priority for me.

 Really, the most convincing argument I have right now for doing this is so
 that I will no longer need to tell people to stop submitting portfiles in
 which they have overridden the github portgroup's default master_sites
 with the archive URL, which has happened now more often than I can
 remember.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40518#comment:3>
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