Bug#898554: fakeupstream.cgi: please stop redirecting Adacore website
> > The redirector for AdaCore packages is hard to maintain
> > (their website uses various indirections and hashes, the format changes many times a year)
> > for a very small benefit (they release exactly once a year).
> > Please consider the attached patch and remove the related stanza.
> There are a number of packages using this, please remove their watch
> files from the ones you maintain and file bugs for the rest of them:
> https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=fakeupstream.cgi.*adacore
I comaintain these packages, and have already removed their watch
files, at least in experimental.
The current redirector is obsolete, and provides no useful
information. Removing it right now would not change much.
> BTW: would it be possible for you to talk to AdaCore upstream about
> fixing this issue on their side?
There are more important subjects that I would like to bring to their
attention. After all, they release (a GPL version) once every year,
almost at the exact same date, with predictible versions (the
year). Continuous tracking of this information is of little interest.
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