On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:25:50AM +0200, MiguelGea wrote:
> Hello mentors,
> What's watch file? I found that my package don't have it, but I couldn't
> find the description of this file.

Short answer is man uscan

A watch file describes where the ustream tarbals can be found. Scripts
such as uscan and uupdate can use that file to check if a new upstream
release is available. The qa.d.o website overviews also use it if
available.

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