Re: debian/watch version 5

[Agustin Martin <agmartin@debian.org>]

El jue, 14 ago 2025 a las 10:26, Xavier (<yadd@debian.org>) escribió:
>
> Hi,
>
> uscan with new debian/watch format version 5 is ready (available in experimental).
> Of course this version of uscan is still able to read current formats. The main changes in version 5 are:
> - rfc822 style (like other debian files)
> - "templates" that permit to calculate automatically sources.

Hi, Xavier,

Thanks for your work on this, this makes debian/watch files easier to
read and handle. And templates mechanism looks really interesting.

However, there is one thing I find missing in version:5, at least in
debian-watch man page. I do not see any reference to "custom scripts".
Sometimes custom scripts are really useful when it is required more
than just remove files from upstream source, The alternative is often
a more complex get-orig-source target in debian/rules.

Regards,

-- 
Agustin