From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Sep 29 17:34:25 2021 Received: (at 50620) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Sep 2021 21:34:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50509 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVhDd-0007s1-Eo for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:34:25 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:32898) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVhDc-0007ro-FO for 50620@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:34:24 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:46788) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVhDW-00051n-Hk; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:34:18 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=36426 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVhDW-0002cR-9E; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:34:18 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: bug#50620: [PATCH 0/2] Unify 'computed-origin-method' (linux, icecat) References: <20210916114734.2686426-1-zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> <9b6ee27ff10e1042a5d61d0f93d957cf760e9ecb.camel@gmail.com> <87v930ay5y.fsf@netris.org> <87pmstghx0.fsf@netris.org> <87a6jv8qu7.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <87h7e3glkn.fsf@netris.org> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 23:34:16 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87h7e3glkn.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:42:21 -0400") Message-ID: <875yuj6p7r.fsf_-_@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 50620 Cc: Liliana Marie Prikler , 50620@debbugs.gnu.org, zimoun X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hi Mark, Mark H Weaver skribis: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > >> A better solution IMO would be to improve the =E2=80=98snippet=E2=80=99 = mechanism in the >> first place. =E2=80=98computed-origin-method=E2=80=99 improves on it in= two ways: (1) >> lazy evaluation of the gexp, and (2) allows the use of a different base >> name. >> >> I would think #2 is addressed by the =E2=80=98file-name=E2=80=99 field (= isn=E2=80=99t it?). > > Using the 'file-name' field would not satisfy my requirements. It has > two problems: > > (1) It would cause the unmodified upstream Firefox source tarball to be > named "icecat-=E2=80=A6" in the store. > > (2) Although the resulting tarball would be named "icecat-=E2=80=A6", the > toplevel directory name within that tarball would still be named > "firefox-=E2=80=A6". > > I consider each of these flaws to be unacceptable. Oh I see. I agree it=E2=80=99d be nice to have a way to fix those. Perhaps by allowing for custom pack-and-repack procedures? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.