GitHub direct download links

Posted: 2022-10-31 | Author: | Filed under: misc, network | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

As a maintainer at SlackBuilds.org, I would like to have a handy place to store some “problematic” sources and some other files. Once upon a time, I used SourceForge, but I wanted to have it at Slackalaxy’s GitHub repo. Uploading tarballs is fine, however what should be the download link to put in, for example, a *.info file?
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Slackalaxy at GitHub

Posted: 2021-05-04 | Author: | Filed under: misc, slackbuilds | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

Well, I finally took the time to set up a GitHub repo (https://github.com/slackalaxy). I started testing my SlackBuilds on Slackware 15.0 beta here. At the moment I am making sure sources build, fix broken links, etc. This is all only on x86_64 for now.
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Github download links

Posted: 2017-05-01 | Author: | Filed under: academic, slackbuilds | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

As a maintainer at SBo, a thing that frequently makes me want to pull my hair off is providing a proper download link for sources hosted at Github. I really should not list all the issues that I have had, because I will get angry. So, straight to the point. Read the rest of this entry »