Patrick Schoenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > >> In case of packages that have been modified to comply with DFSG, it is >> necessary that either opts=uversionmangle or opts=dversionmangle is used >> in the debian/watch file if the file exists. Failing which, uscan >> reports that the current version itself is not available on the site. > > Yep, that is true. As my AM asked me to write a check for such things > I'll look into this the next days.
The starting point is to write a checks/watch script; right now we don't have any checks for watch files at all. (There are several other requests for watch file checks in the BTS if you feel inspired.) > I'm not sure if a warning is appropriate as it is not a must to have > functional watch file, according to policy. According to policy it is > fully optional and therefore should be encouraged but not forced. So I > think that an informative message is more appropriate. I think it should be a warning *if* the watch file exists. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
