[Bálint Réczey <balint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2014-07-31 10:32 GMT+02:00 Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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> On Jul 31, 2014, at 1:18 AM, Bálint Réczey <balint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Since the files stored in git are enough for building Wireshark on
>> every platform we support
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> So we shouldn't bother generating or shipping tarballs at all, just say "check out this from git if you want the 1.X.Y source"?
Functionally a signed git tag is as good as a signed tarball, but
serving .xz compressed relesea tarballs are cheaper in terms of CPU
and bandwidth consumption, so I would go with that.

Cheers,
Balint