[MacPorts] #59756: emacs-app-devel @20191120: Failed to connect to git.savannah.gnu.org port 80: Network is unreachable (was: emacs-app-devel-20191120_0+imagemagick+rsvg.darwin_19.x86_64 emacs-app-devel: Git clone failed)

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#59756: emacs-app-devel @20191120: Failed to connect to git.savannah.gnu.org port
80: Network is unreachable
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  Reporter:  breadncup        |      Owner:  drkp
      Type:  defect           |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal           |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports            |    Version:  2.6.2
Resolution:                   |   Keywords:
      Port:  emacs-app-devel  |
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Changes (by ryandesign):

 * status:  new => assigned
 * cc: drkp (removed)
 * owner:  (none) => drkp
 * keywords:  catalina,x86_64,emacs,emacs-app-devel =>


Old description:

> --->  Fetching distfiles for emacs-app-devel
>
> Error: Failed to fetch emacs-app-devel: Git clone failed
>
> Error: See
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_editors_emacs
> /emacs-app-devel/main.log for details.
>
> Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a
> bug.

New description:

 {{{
 --->  Fetching distfiles for emacs-app-devel
 Error: Failed to fetch emacs-app-devel: Git clone failed
 Error: See
 /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_editors_emacs
 /emacs-app-devel/main.log for details.
 Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
 }}}

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Comment:

 I agree, GNU Savannah's web and git servers are offline at this time.

 We could potentially switch the port to a more reliable clone of the git
 repository, perhaps [https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs this one on
 GitHub]. This would have the added benefit that we could use GitHub's
 automatically generated tarballs instead of having to fetch from the git
 repo; this would have prevented the problem of relying on a single point
 of failure for git fetches.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/59756#comment:2>
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