Bug#465434: qa.debian.org: Uscan Errors processing Watch File
Bart Martens wrote:
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 10:35:08PM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote:
>>
>> cpan uses many many mirrors, and some are not up to date, not properly
>> setup, or cause many sort of weird errors. Since there's no easy way to
>> tell what mirror uscan connected to it is impossible for me to report
>> them to cpan. Random example from no_upstream.html:
>>
>> uscan.pl warning: In watchfile /tmp/libclass-trigger-perl_watchyKgKAS,
>> reading webpage http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/MI/MIYAGAWA/
>> failed: 403 Forbidden
>> (there are many 403s)
>
> Can you send me a list of those ?
SELECT name FROM pkgs WHERE watch_warn LIKE '%search.cpan%403%';
name
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libcrypt-gpg-perl
libuniversal-moniker-perl
libimage-info-perl
libclass-dbi-plugin-retrieveall-perl
libclass-base-perl
libcgi-untaint-perl
libthreads-perl
libthreads-shared-perl
libnet-dpap-client-perl
libclass-dbi-pager-perl
libclass-dbi-loader-perl
libio-stty-perl
libclass-trigger-perl
dist
(yes, that's a source package name)
>> > Displaying the old version on the
>> > qa-developer-pages until the next rescan is successful.
>>
>> Something similar is planned for DEHS2
>
> Release in 2009 ?
Of course; but some major work needs to be done in uscan first.
>
>>
>> > Re-scanning selectively briefly (minutes/hours) after the failed scans
>> > to deal with temporary errors.
>>
>> No, that won't happen as it would be easier to get alioth banned.
>
> Isn't waiting an hour or 2 and try again exactly the approach to work
> around such temporary ban ? Or do you fear a permanent ban ?
>
I'm not fearing a permanent ban, but for example berlios' ban lasts a day.
Regards,
--
Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer
www.debian.org - get.debian.net
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