[flashrom] Re: v1.4 not available on https://download.flashrom.org/releases/

[Anastasia Klimchuk]

Patrick, thank you for your patience, v1.4 files are now available in downloads.
Fingerprint is the same as here
https://flashrom.org/release_notes/v_1_4.html#download

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 1:06 AM Patrick Rudolph
 wrote:
> Hi Anastasia,
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 1:10 PM Anastasia Klimchuk  wrote:
> > > Since doc/dev_guide/release_process.rst doesn't cover the naming of
> > > the tarball it might happen again.
> > > It also doesn't mention that VERSION file and tarball name must be in sync.
> >
> > That's good points. What we now have is: the only "parameters" that
> > humans provide are version name (in VERSION file), and tag (when tag
> > is created). The tarball is packaged by the build system, and the file
> > name generated by the pattern to include project name, and version
> > name.
> >
> > But, I think it's worth adding a few lines into the document, the
> > person doing the release can double-check the name of the file after
> > it has been generated.
> > I updated the patch, and the document now covers the tarball name
> > pattern. Thank you for good idea.
> >
> > We started creating .xz from v1.4, it is now the default for build
> > system, and I think offers better compression. The expected file name
> > would be flashrom-v1.4.0.tar.xz, would that work for you?
>
> Yes, that works for me.
> Thanks for your help.
> > On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM Patrick Rudolph
> >  wrote:
> > > Hi Anastasia,
> > > Thanks for helping out here.
> > >
> > > I was hoping to find a flashrom-v1.4.0.tar.bz2, if that's not possible
> > > that's also fine.
> > > Since doc/dev_guide/release_process.rst doesn't cover the naming of
> > > the tarball it might happen again.
> > > It also doesn't mention that VERSION file and tarball name must be in sync.
> > > I guess it's fine to have both tarballs available for download.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Patrick Rudolph
> > >
> > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 2:05 PM Anastasia Klimchuk  wrote:
> > > > Hello Patrick,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for explaining the issue.
> > > > Looking through the history of tag names and version names, there have
> > > > been variations with or without "v" prefix, probably that's how I got
> > > > confused.
> > > >
> > > > I made a patch to settle the names to be with "v" prefix from now on:
> > > > https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/84811 , however this won't
> > > > change what was in the VERSION file at the tag v1.4.0.
> > > >
> > > > I thought I could create an additional tarball manually. As of,
> > > > checking out the repo by the tag v1.4.0, modifying VERSION file
> > > > locally to match the tag name, and creating the tarball.
> > > >
> > > > Would this help in your situation?
> > > > There would be two tarballs for 1.4.0 and v1.4.0 available in
> > > > downloads, but maybe it's fine.
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 11:54 PM Patrick Rudolph via flashrom
> > > >  wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I cannot download v1.4 as it's not on https://download.flashrom.org/releases/.
> > > > > There's only 1.4 available for download (missing the *v* prefix),
> > > > > though that's not matching the tag.
> > > > > Please fix to not break existing CIs relying on the correct tag.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Patrick Rudolph
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