Ticket #42273: patch-github_portgroup.diff

github-1.0.tcl

@@ -47 +47 @@
 
 default master_sites {${github.master_sites}}
 
-# The ability to host downloads on github is going away
+# The old GitHub "downloads" system is no longer accepting new files.
 # https://github.com/blog/1302-goodbye-uploads
+# It was replaced by "releases", which use different download URLs.
+# https://github.com/blog/1547-release-your-software
 default github.tarball_from {tags}
 option_proc github.tarball_from handle_tarball_from
 proc handle_tarball_from {option action args} {
-    global github.author github.project github.master_sites
+    global github.author github.project github.master_sites git.branch github.homepage
 
     # keeping the default at tags like many portfiles already do
-    # the port writer can set github.tarball_from to "downloads" and have the URI path accordingly changed
+    # the port writer can set github.tarball_from to "downloads" or "releases" and have the URI path accordingly changed
     if {${action} eq "set" && $args eq "downloads"} {
         github.tarball_from ${args}
         github.master_sites https://github.com/downloads/${github.author}/${github.project}
+    } elseif {${action} eq "set" && $args eq "releases"} {
+        
+        #  port maintainers will have to explictly set tag_prefix and distname
+        #  in order to match the port's needs since there's no standard
+        #  specifically if a release URL has a dash sign in it then tag prefix
+        #  needs to contain the dash as well
+        #  i.e. "v-1.2.3" requires a "v-" tag_prefix argument to github.setup 
+        
+        github.tarball_from ${args}
+        github.master_sites ${github.homepage}/releases/download/${git.branch}
     }
 }