On 7/25/25 13:36, Niels Thykier wrote:
Package: devscripts
Version: 2.25.15
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected];[email protected]
In the debian-watch.5 documentation under `FTP options`, the following 4
options are documented:
* `Pasv`
* `Passive`
* `Active`
* `No-Pasv`
All 4 options control the same feature - namely whether to use passive
or active FTP. This looks like a transliteration of the version 4
format, where a "valueless" option is "nicer". However, in `Version: 5`
every field must have a value.
I would recommend that we in `Version: 5` merge them into one field such
as `FTP-Mode: passive` or `FTP-Mode: active`. This reduces the number of
fields for people to learn, for us to document and for tooling to know
about.
Best regards,
Niels
Looking at code, it seems that these options have no more any effect:
uscan uses LWP::UserAgent for FTP requests, which knows only "passive"
mode...
