Adam Mercer wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 21:25, John Hunter <jdh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The problem here is that I built the site docs from svn, not the last >> release. 0.98.6svn is the version stamp from svn. I have mixed >> feelings about fixing this. On the one hand, there is merit to having >> the site docs reflect the current stable release. On the other hand, >> I like pushing people onto svn HEAD, because this is where all the >> latest features and bugfixes are. By building the site docs from svn, >> viewers of the gallery and examples directories, as well as the >> plain-ol-docs, get a peak at what is possible from svn. If they try >> it and find their latest installation doesn't support it, after >> complaining on the mailing list they may try installing svn. And that >> is a plus for mpl, because we have more testers on svn HEAD and more >> potential developers. > > That makes sense, however the reason I was asking is that I am the > maintainer of the MacPorts matplotlib port and I wanted to a way to > check for the latest release, I had been using a regex to the check > the latest version as displayed on home page but when this was updated > to the svn release this broke. Also as the 0.98.5.3 release is not a > specific release but a sub release of 0.98.5 I can't use the > sourceforge downloads page to query this. > > It would be really helpful if a page was provided that listed the > latest stable release that packagers could use to automatically query.
If there's a port of uscan for MacPorts ( http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uscan ) you could simply use the debian watch file. It's contents are: version=3 http://sf.net/matplotlib/matplotlib-([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)*)\.tar\.gz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
