.tar.gz releases to more easily ported to gentoo ebuilds

[toniz4]

I'm building a ebuild for my overlay and not having a release cripples stability and patch compatibility.
And another thing, what does dwmblocks depend on (run time and build time)?

[sagehane]

I think libX11 should be the only build-time dependency required.

As for a tarball, can't you use something like https://github.com/torrinfail/dwmblocks/archive/master.tar.gz?

Just replace the master bit with some value like 96cbb45 if you want to get that commit.

Example:
https://github.com/torrinfail/dwmblocks/archive/96cbb45.tar.gz

[astralchan]

Many distros will not package unreleased software, even if one can get a .tar.gz archive otherwise. Making a release tag will make this packagable.

[sagehane]

Well, the issue specifically mentioned Gentoo ebuilds. And since Gentoo clearly allows commit archives as seen on this dolphin-emu package, I figured that was a decent solution.

But yes, other distros will differ. idk, perhaps a tag for every commit? Perhaps this issue should be renamed to "Consider adding tagged releases" or something similar?