Re: debian/watch problem due to http://code.google.com download page's link format change
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I guess we need to generarize situation on sf.net to other popular
> download sites. This data is used mainly by uscan program.
Yes.
> When the watch file has an URL matching with the Perl regexp
> "^http://sf\.net/";, the uscan program substitutes it with
> "http://qa.debian.org/watch/sf.php/"; and then applies this rule. The URL
> redirector service at this http://qa.debian.org/ is designed to offer a
> stable redirect service to the desired file for the watch file having
> "http://sf.net/project/tar-name-(.+)\.tar\.gz". This solves issues
> related to the periodically changing URL there.
>
> So if someone impliment similar URL redirector service, we can have
> stable link.
Can http://qa.debian.org provide this redirector service?
Whom/Which team should we contact if we need this kind of service?
Thanks.
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Best Regards
Asias He
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