Re: Watchfile (and version numbers) for a braindead scheme
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Olе Streicher
<debian-devel@liska.ath.cx> wrote:
> I want to write a watch file for the "esomidas" package, which has
> download URLs like
>
> ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/midaspub/13SEP/sources/13SEPpl1.1.tar.gz
>
> (12 is the two-digit year, FEB the month of the release). I have some
> problems with it:
>
> 1. What should the version number look like for Debian? 13.09.1.1?
>
> 2. How do I convert these Month names into a number?
>
> 3. How can I access the subdirectory and search there for the same name?
>
> Upstream will not change name or directory structure at all, since the
> structure is such since 15 years.
Here is what I have for mrmpi:
http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-science/packages/mrmpi/trunk/debian/watch?view=markup
Kudos to Bart Martens for the months translation code.
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