Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:05:56 +0100, Bluefuture [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there is no way, other than following mailing list, to know upstream version and the upstream author doesn't want to help you there is no way for dehs to follow upstream release, but this is not the case of apg. I think

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

Il giorno mer, 26-01-2005 alle 09:02 +0100, Free Ekanayaka ha scritto: Thanks for this effort. Would it make sense to support queries of dehs by maintainer email address? This ways it would be easier for people to check the status of their own packages. This functionality is

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

What do you do with packages that have uncooperative upstream and thus a watch file is not possible? apg's web host, for example, doesn't support directory listings, so I had to resort on checking the fingerprint of the download web page to find out whether there is a new release. Greetings Marc

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

|--== bluefuture writes: b Il giorno mer, 26-01-2005 alle 09:02 +0100, Free Ekanayaka ha scritto: Thanks for this effort. Would it make sense to support queries of dehs by maintainer email address? This ways it would be easier for people to check the status of their own

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

|--== bluefuture writes: b The dehs system now is regular running again every two days on alioth b (and so also on the info feed to developer.php on qa). b Looking at no_watch page[1] there are: b Total source packages without watch file: 6324 b Total source packages: 8285 b %:

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:28:16 +0100, Bluefuture [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Native packages are already not included in the dehs system. What do you do with packages that have uncooperative upstream and thus a watch file is not possible? apg's web host, for example, doesn't support directory

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

Il giorno mar, 25-01-2005 alle 07:49 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow ha scritto: Bluefuture [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The dehs system now is regular running again every two days on alioth (and so also on the info feed to developer.php on qa). Looking at no_watch page[1] there are: Total

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

Il giorno mar, 25-01-2005 alle 13:56 +0100, Wouter Verhelst ha scritto: I'm not convinced having a watch file is always useful. I agree with you. I would hope a maintainer would follow the announcements of the software I agree with this. Dehs/Watch is not a system for bypassing upstream

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

Bluefuture [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The dehs system now is regular running again every two days on alioth (and so also on the info feed to developer.php on qa). Looking at no_watch page[1] there are: Total source packages without watch file: 6324 Total source packages: 8285 %: 76,33%