On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 08:24:03AM +0100, Phil Wyett wrote:
> Package: devscripts
> Version: 2.25.19
> Severity: normal
> 
> Conversion of 'splash'[1] watch file to 'Version: 5'.
> 
> Command: uscan --dehs
> 
> Output is bad:
> 
> philwyett@ks-tarkin:~/Development/build/splash$ uscan --dehs 
> Newest version of splash on remote site is 666, local version is 3.11.5
>  => Newer package available from:
>         => 
> https://api.github.com/repos/danieljprice/splash/tarball/refs/tags/v0-666
> uscan warn: In directory ., downloading
>   https://api.github.com/repos/danieljprice/splash/tarball/refs/tags/v0-666 
> failed: 404 Not Found
> uscan warn: No upstream tarball downloaded. No further processing with 
> mk_origtargz ...
> <dehs>

Hi,

I guess you need to set 'Version-Type: STABLE_VERSION' instead of fiddling
with Matching-Pattern in Version5 debian/watch. If so, this bug report
should be reassigned to splash.

See attached patch.

Hope this helps,

-- 
Agustin


>From 4bcfcdc4c9d28fc9ff0ea793683c939dfb7a9cba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agustin Martin <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:31:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] debian/watch: Use 'Version-Type: STABLE_VERSION' instead of
 Matching-Pattern.

Closes: #1114977

Signed-off-by: Agustin Martin <[email protected]>
---
 debian/watch | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index bbf9e9b..a95e849 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Version: 5
 Template: Github
 Owner: danieljprice
 Project: splash
-Matching-Pattern: https://api.github.com/repos/[^/]+/[^/]+/git/refs/tags/@STABLE_VERSION@
+Version-Type: STABLE_VERSION
-- 
2.53.0

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