Re: linux-libre source tarballs

[Alexandre Oliva]

On May  3, 2021, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:

> Is the tarball generation "stable" across Git releases? Or is it
> subject to change? We had this issue with Git archive creation in the
> past.

I have heard about early format changes, but since Linux itself has used
git archive to generate tarballs on the fly, and published digital
signatures based on archives generated this way, I presume an
expectation that changes to the format won't be made without a very
compelling reason.

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