Re: url2pkg and pypi

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Sat, Jan 01, 2022 at 03:23:46PM +0100, Roland Illig wrote:
> Am 01.01.2022 um 15:21 schrieb Patrick Welche:
> > On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 02:51:30PM +0100, Roland Illig wrote:
> > > Instead of syncing the man page to reality, I'd rather remove all
> > > interactivity from url2pkg.  In the cases I experienced, it was not
> > > necessary to edit the package Makefile before downloading the distfile.
> > > 
> > > I don't remember why I wrote that "in almost all cases the package needs
> > > manual work" two years ago, I don't have any evidence for that claim.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have different experiences and can share example URLs that
> > > need adjustments _before_ downloading the distfile?
> > 
> > I learnt the hard way that it is usually better not to adjust anything
> > before downloading the distfile.
> 
> Sorry for that, it won't happen with url2pkg-21.4.0 and later since I
> just removed all interactivity from url2pkg. :)

Great! Happy New Year!

Patrick