[bug#27657] Acknowledgement ([PATCH] gnu: graphviz: Update to 2.40.1.)

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

Arun,

On 11/07/17 23:34, Arun Isaac wrote:
> Both appear to be the same tarball. I don't know why they have two
> copies on the server. Should we change the source URL of our package?

In general, dual-directory schemes like this — anything involving
‘current’ vs. ‘archive’ — often suggest that the project intends to
periodically prune the former.

For example, they might keep only the latest release of a series and
move the rest to an ‘archive’ directory. Therefore, it's common to use
the latter directly, or hedge our bets by trying both.
The ‘sudo’ package is a good example of this.

In this case, as you've no doubt already noticed, both directories are
identical. I'd say: before changing anything, ask upstream why they do
this and which URI we should prefer.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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