Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Ticket #13186, comment 12


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Mar 21, 2025, 1:10:58 PM (3 weeks ago)
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Robin Candau

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  • Ticket #13186, comment 12

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    1717> The first type is completely unproblematic, good job. The problem is with the second type, which always fetches files from upstream.
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    19 Both types of package managers actually fetches file from upstream. The only difference between the first and the second type in that regard is that, in the fist type, a package maintainer does the fetching once beforehand (and also compiles the software) so users don't have to do it themselves (as compared to the second type where users execute the build recipe themselves locally).
     19Both types of package managers actually implies to fetch file from upstream. The only difference between the first and the second type in that regard is that, in the fist type, a package maintainer does the fetching once beforehand (and also compiles the software) so users don't have to do it themselves (as compared to the second type where users execute the build recipe themselves locally).
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    2121This file fetching from upstream, whether it is done by package maintainers in type 1 or users in type 2, is automated as part of the packaging process. Our packaging tooling automatically fetches files from upstream according to the source declared in our build recipes.