On 2016-05-14 01:31:47, Ilias Tsitsimpis wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:45PM, Iustin Pop wrote: > > On 2016-05-13 23:37:39, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > > Am Samstag, den 14.05.2016, 00:20 +0300 schrieb Ilias Tsitsimpis: > > > > I noticed that cabal-debian tries to set the Vcs-Browser field to > > > > point to the directory where the package is located (i.e., > > > > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-haskell/DHG_packages.git/tree/p/h > > > > askell-language-python), > > > > but I didn't change it since most of the packages use the root of the > > > > repository. > > > > > > I think the initial mass-change used the less informative version, but > > > I consider what cabal-debian does bette. Feel free to change it to the > > > better URL whenever you stumble over it. > > > > Indeed, the original version is suboptimal as it doesn't point to a > > valid tree which has debian/changelog, leading to errors from vcswatch, > > e.g. https://qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/vcswatch?package=haskell-ekg > > I don't think that the errors are caused by the Vcs-Browser field. The > information there is meant to be useful for the final user, and I > believe vcswatch does not parse this value. As an example, it also fails > for the haskell-werewolf package: > > https://qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/vcswatch?package=haskell-werewolf
I agree they are not caused by Vcs-Browser, but by Vcs-Git, which the werewolf package still points to the root of the tree. Sorry for nto seeing specific mention of Vcs-Browser in the original mail. iustin
