Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/archivers/xz

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

"S.P.Zeidler" <spz%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

> Hi Zafer,
>
> Thus wrote Zafer Aydogan (zafer%netbsd.org@localhost):
>
>> Module Name:	pkgsrc
>> Committed By:	zafer
>> Date:		Sat Dec 23 00:41:50 UTC 2023
>> 
>> Modified Files:
>> 	pkgsrc/archivers/xz: Makefile
>> 
>> Log Message:
>> update master site
>
> This breaks the package in two ways:
> - distinfo has tar.bz2, what now gets fetched is a tar.gz
> - the sizes and everything else also differ
>
> Why is this happening during freeze?

A good point; I have been on the verge of saying something.

Let's say the guideline is don't change stuff like this during freeze
(HOMEPAGE, MASTER_SITE) unless it is wrong in a way which causes the
package to fail to build or fail to behave correctly.   That means
out-of-date HOMEPAGES will persist, and less-good MASTER_SITES that
still work will persist, even if http could be upgraded to https.

These fixes are fine post branch of course.