See e.g. https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/releases/tag/1.8.4 -> https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/releases/download/1.8.4/fwupd-1.8.4.tar.xz. Benefit at least is xz compression (so smaller) & signed which lets people do verify-sig if they so desire. And also, why not?
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b2a24c43c431b163fda4a7eb1b982ad43a8187e5 commit b2a24c43c431b163fda4a7eb1b982ad43a8187e5 Author: Marek Szuba <marecki@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2022-08-31 13:20:38 +0000 Commit: Marek Szuba <marecki@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-08-31 13:24:08 +0000 sys-apps/fwupd: add 1.8.4 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/867616 Signed-off-by: Marek Szuba <marecki@gentoo.org> sys-apps/fwupd/Manifest | 1 + .../fwupd/files/fwupd-1.8.4-installed_tests.patch | 215 +++++++++++++++++++++ sys-apps/fwupd/fwupd-1.8.4.ebuild | 201 +++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 417 insertions(+)
