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Re: [opensuse-buildservice] how to create a debian watch file for tarballs hosted on the OBS.



Hi,

On 16.04.2012 16:35, Adrian Schröter wrote:
> Am Samstag, 14. April 2012, 20:01:49 schrieb Paul Elliott:
>>
>> How to create a watch file for a tarball found on the OBS (Open Build Service).
> 
> What is a watch file? Where is it defined and what exactly is it supposed to do?

A watch file is a file within a Debian source package which is
describing based on URL patterns where upstream release tarballs can be
found and retrieved. This is useful to track upstream development and
get notified if a new release was published.

The file is being read by uscan(1) [1] and other Debian core services.


[1] http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uscan
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