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

[Anastasia Klimchuk]

> 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?

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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