Hi Mattia, Mattia Rizzolo <[email protected]> writes:
> [...] > >> * prefer-uscan-symlink >> - last updated: 2021-11 >> - 14,294 entries in UDD >> - This tag asks individual users to change their ~/.devscripts >> configuration file instead of using the filenamemangle option in >> debian/watch. I don't understand how an individual change can be the >> solution to a collective problem? > > I don't recall completely the origin, but I believe I was partly > responsible for this: I'm of the strong opinion that `uscan` should > default to provide a useful filename, instead of littering all d/watches > with filenamemangle= rules. > I still believe so. > Thanks for the background of this tag so that I can understand the rationale of it better. Though it now looks like it's pointing out a limitation/bug in default uscan settings instead of any maintainer error. I think when the default file name generated by uscan is incorrect, fixes using filenamemangle can be shared with other maintainers/uploaders while using ~/.devscripts cannot and thus less helpful for team maintenance. The recent version 5 watch file made a great step forward with the Template system so that this happens less for major hosting services like GitHub/GitLab. But it is still needed for less common hosting services and there is unlikely a solution for everything, so filenamemangle may still be needed occasionally. Just my 2c. -- Regards, Xiyue Deng
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