On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 00:01 +0000, Martin Pitt wrote: > James Westby [2009-03-07 23:37 -0000]: > > Can I ask what purpose the watch file serves if the "get-orig-source" > > target is needed? Is it just for detecting if there is a new upstream > > version, rather than for downloading it? > > Exactly. Tools like DEHS and the Debian PTS use the watch files to > check whether the version is current.
I've just re-arranged things in bzr such that it should now work better for you. Thanks for the report. > > An added complication is that "get-orig-source" is not a great interface > > for doing this. Debian policy defines it as a target that gets the > > latest available source, whereas we need to get the source corresponding > > to the version being built. > > Oh, hm. I actually use it as "get the source that debian/changelog > mentions", since anything else doesn't make sense to me. This is also > being discussed in http://bugs.debian.org/466550 Thanks for the link. > I agree that g-o-s is underspecified, though. I just don't know a > better replacement. I've been thinking about this for the last few days, and I have an idea about what the solution would look like, I just need to find some time to experiment. > > Perhaps there could be a way to specify the preferred way of getting > > the source, > > Seems with above disambiguity that might indeed be required. I haven't > even thought of that, sorry. No problem, I've gone for the simple solution for now. If someone else has requirements that conflict with yours then I will have to develop another solution. Thanks, James -- get-orig-source priority should be higher than uscan https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339343 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
