Watch file warning from mentors website
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Hi,
I've got an issue with watch file usage in some software I'm trying to
package ( https://mentors.debian.net/package/compton ).
Upstream does not release tarballs, instead preferring packagers to
build straight from git. I've followed the advice of the lintian report
for debian-watch-file-is-missing, and created a watch file with a few
comments explaining the situation. It looks like this:
#version=3
#http://githubredir.debian.net/github/chjj/compton (.*).tar.gz
# Upstream currently does not release tarballs or even tag releases,
instead
# preferring packagers to work straight from git.
# When this situation improves, the watch lines above should work and this
# comment block can be removed. See
https://github.com/chjj/compton/issues/71
This passes lintian fine locally, but when uploaded the mentors website
complains that "A watch file is present but doesn't work" (see the link
to my package above).
Is there something I can fix in the watch file, or is the mentors
website complaining unnecessarily? It seems strange that the website would
complain while lintian does not.
Thanks for any advice.
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Regards,
Scott Leggett.
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