Re: Bug#505968: ITP: urlwatch -- email notifications of changes to URLs
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:23:28PM +1300, Francois Marier wrote: > > The script works out of a single directory, so no need to install > > anything. State files are kept in the same folder. > > ...except you are packaging it, so you'll need to install the .deb, > right? I don't think this sentence belongs in the package description. You're right, it won't be part of the package description :) > Also, where do you intend for the urls.txt and state information to be > saved? the upstream script does > > os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))) > > and then writes stuff in the CWD, which would not be appropriate for a > package (since you'd have the script in /usr/bin). The latest version of the upstream tarball has per-user config variables, so every user will be able to have their own "watch file". Cheers, Francois -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#505968: ITP: urlwatch -- email notifications of changes to URLs
Hi Lucas, Thanks for the CC by the way, I'm not subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2008-11-17 at 11:57:44, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > websec provides very similar functionality. Is urlwatch better than > websec? Good question. Here's what the author of urlwatch has to say about it: --- urlwatch has an easier configuration (urls.txt is just a text file with one URL per line), websec has a more sophisticated (read: complicated) way of setting up things. urlwatch can look for non-existent pages (i.e. you enter a URL and as soon as it becomes available, e.g. non-404, you get notified). urlwatch is written in Python, so newcomers and advanced users familiar with Python have an easier time customizing the hooks.py file and the program itself. urlwatch always sends you plaintext mail, no HTML (a _good_ thing!) In my opinion, urlwatch has an easier way of getting rid of always-changing content via the hooks.py file. It also allows things like watching ical files for changes without having to understand the ical format (by transforming ical to plaintext, see the examples). For web pages (HTML), urlwatch supports cleaning up bad HTML to have easier-to-read diffs via utidylib. --- Cheers, Francois -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#505968: ITP: urlwatch -- email notifications of changes to URLs
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:23:28PM +1300, Francois Marier wrote: > The script works out of a single directory, so no need to install > anything. State files are kept in the same folder. ...except you are packaging it, so you'll need to install the .deb, right? I don't think this sentence belongs in the package description. Also, where do you intend for the urls.txt and state information to be saved? the upstream script does os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))) and then writes stuff in the CWD, which would not be appropriate for a package (since you'd have the script in /usr/bin). -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#505968: ITP: urlwatch -- email notifications of changes to URLs
On 17/11/08 at 04:51 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/17/08 03:23, Francois Marier wrote: >> Package: wnpp >> Severity: wishlist >> Owner: Francois Marier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> * Package name: urlwatch >> Version : 1.4 >> Upstream Author : Thomas Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> * URL : http://thpinfo.com/2008/urlwatch/ >> * License : BSD >> Programming Lang: Python >> Description : email notifications of changes to URLs >> >> This script is intended to help you watch URLs and get notified (via >> e-mail) of any >> changes. The change notification will include the URL that has changed and >> a unified >> diff of what's changed. The script works out of a single directory, so no >> need to >> install anything. State files are kept in the same folder. The script >> supports >> stripping always-changing parts of a page through the use of a filter hook >> function. websec provides very similar functionality. Is urlwatch better than websec? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#505968: ITP: urlwatch -- email notifications of changes to URLs
On 11/17/08 03:23, Francois Marier wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Francois Marier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: urlwatch Version : 1.4 Upstream Author : Thomas Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://thpinfo.com/2008/urlwatch/ * License : BSD Programming Lang: Python Description : email notifications of changes to URLs This script is intended to help you watch URLs and get notified (via e-mail) of any changes. The change notification will include the URL that has changed and a unified diff of what's changed. The script works out of a single directory, so no need to install anything. State files are kept in the same folder. The script supports stripping always-changing parts of a page through the use of a filter hook function. urlwatch is only 140 lines of Python. The deb will be *tiny*. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If you don't agree with me, you are worse than Hitler!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#505968: ITP: urlwatch -- email notifications of changes to URLs
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Francois Marier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: urlwatch Version : 1.4 Upstream Author : Thomas Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://thpinfo.com/2008/urlwatch/ * License : BSD Programming Lang: Python Description : email notifications of changes to URLs This script is intended to help you watch URLs and get notified (via e-mail) of any changes. The change notification will include the URL that has changed and a unified diff of what's changed. The script works out of a single directory, so no need to install anything. State files are kept in the same folder. The script supports stripping always-changing parts of a page through the use of a filter hook function. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
