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| author | Jasi <normalc@posteo.net> | 2025-07-30 14:06:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Jasi <jawsi@posteo.net> | 2026-01-14 20:48:27 -0500 |
| commit | 03b2128fcc98eb9fefc3577fbb13b8636699d77b (patch) | |
| tree | 371ac1bdccf1c48704362190da6c85abccc6052e /doc | |
| parent | gh: 2.83.2 -> 2.85.0 (#480147) (diff) | |
| download | nixpkgs-03b2128fcc98eb9fefc3577fbb13b8636699d77b.tar.gz | |
fetchFromSavannah: deprecate
The Savannah administrators do not want package maintainers to use
cgit snapshots due to putting strain on the servers and have disabled
cgit snapshots for most if not all of their repositories.
See: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/savannah-hackers/2025-12/msg00014.html
Co-authored-by: Philip Taron <philip.taron@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: LIN, Jian <me@linj.tech>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/build-helpers/fetchers.chapter.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/redirects.json | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md | 1 |
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-helpers/fetchers.chapter.md b/doc/build-helpers/fetchers.chapter.md index e8289112963b..e2ac6640ef6c 100644 --- a/doc/build-helpers/fetchers.chapter.md +++ b/doc/build-helpers/fetchers.chapter.md @@ -899,10 +899,6 @@ However, `fetchFromBitbucket` will automatically switch to using `fetchgit` and When `fetchgit` is used, refer to the `fetchgit` section for documentation of its available options. -## `fetchFromSavannah` {#fetchfromsavannah} - -This is used with Savannah repositories. The arguments expected are very similar to `fetchFromGitHub` above. - ## `fetchFromRepoOrCz` {#fetchfromrepoorcz} This is used with repo.or.cz repositories. The arguments expected are very similar to `fetchFromGitHub` above. diff --git a/doc/redirects.json b/doc/redirects.json index d52ae8a8f047..8e072af31e4e 100644 --- a/doc/redirects.json +++ b/doc/redirects.json @@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ "release-notes.html#sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-lib-breaking" ], "sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-lib-deprecations": [ - "release-notes.html#sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-lib-deprecations" + "release-notes.html#sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-lib-deprecations", + "index.html#fetchfromsavannah" ], "sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-lib-additions-improvements": [ "release-notes.html#sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-lib-additions-improvements" @@ -1779,9 +1780,6 @@ "fetchfrombitbucket": [ "index.html#fetchfrombitbucket" ], - "fetchfromsavannah": [ - "index.html#fetchfromsavannah" - ], "fetchfromrepoorcz": [ "index.html#fetchfromrepoorcz" ], diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md index 0d999f37a294..2eb5902778ed 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md +++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md @@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ - `mpv-unwrapped.scripts` and `mpv-unwrapped.wrapper` have been removed. Please use `mpvScripts` and `mpv.override` accordingly. +- `fetchFromSavannah` is now deprecated and is expected to be fully removed in a future release. From now on, use `fetchgit` or a Savannah releases mirror when applicable. ### Additions and Improvements {#sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-lib-additions-improvements} |