Re: Debian changelog vs upstream changelog
Le Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:50:30AM +1100, Ben Finney a écrit :
>
> Rather, it would be good to have a facility similar to the way the
> Debian changelog is currently available: have the upstream changelog
> published in a predictable location by package name.
>
> A good project from someone with a lot of time on their hands, I guess.
Hello everybody,
I propose to store this information and similar ones in a parsable file in the
debian directory of the packages. For instance, debian/upstream-metadata.yaml.
For packages stored in a VCS, this information will be easy to retreive. The
retreiver system can then crunch the files and sumbit a proper table to the
Ultimate Debian Database (UDD), which is a convenient entry point to build
dynamic websites.
This would separate the taks of information gathering, information
transmission, and information display. Of course, for the packages not stored
in a public VCS, there needs a plan B…
I am accumulating such files in the packages I maintain in the Debian Med
packaging team. For instance:
http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/perlprimer/trunk/debian/upstream-metadata.yaml
http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/debian-med/trunk/packages/melting/trunk/debian/upstream-metadata.yaml
As you can see, I am hesitant on the format of some fields. I think that the
structure of the file should stay as simple as possible.
As a first proof of principle, I created a tiny site that can turn the
individual package records in per-field summaries. For instance:
aqwa『debian』$ wget http://upstream-metadata.debian.net/table/DOI -O - 2>/dev/null
melting 10.1093/bioinformatics/17.12.1226
perlprimer 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth254
r-other-bio3d 10.1093/bioinformatics/btl461
bioperl 10.1101/gr.361602
mummer 10.1186/gb-2004-5-2-r12
r-cran-qvalue 10.1073/pnas.1530509100
samtools 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp352
(where DOI is a bibliographic information: if one pastes it after
http://dx.doi.org/, he is redirected to the academic publication describing the
program, for instance ’http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bth254’;)
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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