Re: How to watch pypi.org, example

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 10:53:47PM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Sunday, October 4, 2020 10:24:22 PM EDT Paul Wise wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 3:29 PM Fioddor Superconcentrado wrote:
> > > I've packaged a project provided via https://pipi.org and I wanted to
> > > create a debian/watch file but pipi.org publishes the tarball behind a
> > > strange url like
> > I would suggest using the upstream git repo instead of the PyPi tarballs.
> 
> I think that's a different argument.
> 
> There is a pypi redirector for Debian watch files.  Something like this works 
> (this is from the pyspf package):
> 
> https://pypi.debian.net/pyspf/pyspf-([0-9][0-9t\.\-]*).tar.gz
> 
> This currently works, but no guarantee for how long:
> 
> https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/x/@PACKAGE@/@PACKAGE@@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@
 https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/x/@PACKAGE@/@PACKAGE@-@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@



And learning is also learning from examples.


<screenshot>
stappers@paddy:~
$ cd packaging_dir/
stappers@paddy:packaging_dir
$ debcheckout pyspf
declared git repository at
https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/pyspf.git
git clone https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/pyspf.git pyspf
...
Cloning into 'pyspf'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1039, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1039/1039), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (368/368), done.
remote: Total 1039 (delta 612), reused 943 (delta 551), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (1039/1039), 237.12 KiB | 415.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (612/612), done.
stappers@paddy:packaging_dir
$ cd pyspf
stappers@paddy:packaging_dir/pyspf
$ cat debian/watch 
version=3
https://pypi.debian.net/pyspf/pyspf-([0-9][0-9t\.\-]*).tar.gz
stappers@paddy:packaging_dir/pyspf
$ 
</screenshot>


Regards
Geert Stappers
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