On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:55:33 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote:
> What I've done (with the help of dam, Tincho and SquOnk on irc) is to
> extend the packagecheck script (in svn under /scripts/qa); the new
> test kicks in if the URL in debian/watch doesn't match
> search.cpan.org/dist and then changes any cpan-related URL to the
> above mentioned scheme. This affects /by-module/ URLs as well. [0]
The discussion on this topic ended on 2007-12-23. As mentioned in my
other mails I've implemented the changes to the regexp in the
meantime.
> Some questions before I actually run the script:
> * Are there any general objections against using the newer scheme for
> the URLs or changing many watch files?
> * Is the current approach to create the version regex sane?
> * What shall we do about the "trailing part" ('debian uupdate' or
> similar)? It's hardly used, and I'd personally prefer to remove it
> to get more consistency but there might be others who actually
> like/use it.
> * Any other comments?
At least questions 1, 3 (, and 4 :)) still stand.
Let's put it the other way: Are there any strong objections to
switching to these scheme? If not I will do the mass-change in a few
days.
Cheers,
gregor
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