Re: git: c63cde2c2486 - main - deskutils/mate-utils: switch to GitHub release asset

Hello Alexey,

Even so, DISTVERSION stays the same, does it mean that it's no longer
> fetchable?  Otherwise I see no reason for the churn.
>

Yes, DISTVERSION is the same. My questions was why those changes to keep
same DISTVERSION.


>
> > Use USE_GITHUB=nodefault with a release tarball instead of the
> > auto-generated one, as recommended by the porter's handbook.
>
> It seems you're reading it wrong, or simply don't really understand
> the machinery behind those things.
>

I don't think I'm reading wrong:
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#makefile-master_sites-github-multiple
USE_GITHUB is used wrong on these cases.


> Then again, other people had expressed similar concerns over your
> recent commits.  Are you going to address them?
>

Should I?


>
> ./danfe
>
>

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