Bug#228394: qa.debian.org: Adding a "upstream version" column in the developer.php page would be nice
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 10:09:13PM +0100, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
> >
> > Not so many packages use the watch file.
>
> this is true, I opened [1] a thread exactly about this and why increasing the
> number of watch files is good, probably the best thing to do is to manually file
> bugs providing (working) watch files to packages, then the maintainer will
> choose if use it or not, whether he/she is in direct contact with upstream
> developers. indeed another good suggestion is to add a lintian/linda warning as
> suggested by Riku Voipio [2]
>
I personally prefer to register at freshmeat for every main package I
manage. In some cases following cvs and the program's development
mailing list is also a must. Some minor packages have not a stable
enough url for downloading. Anyway, it could be a good suggestion.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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