On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:53:00 Bart Martens wrote:
> Do you have examples ?
No, not at this moment...
Do you think I'm describing improbable situation?
Even if watch files are constantly monitored still there is
possibility for existence of two redundant watch files isn't it?
Perhaps maintainers ca
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 02:42:44AM +1000, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:54:30 Boris Pek wrote:
> > As Dmitry mentioned, in some cases disagreement with maintainer is
> > possible, but such situations should be rare I think.
>
> IMHO the likely case for removal is aging of "updated
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:54:30 Boris Pek wrote:
> As Dmitry mentioned, in some cases disagreement with maintainer is
> possible, but such situations should be rare I think.
IMHO the likely case for removal is aging of "updated debian/watch"
file(s). In many cases "debian/watch" files are maintained
Hi Bart,
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 23:32:53 Bart Martens wrote:
> You asked me to be more specific :
>
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 04:53:40PM +1000, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> > Why? Still not convinced? Even hypothetical example should be enough
> > as long as argument make sense. IMHO at this point you sh
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:54:30AM +0300, Boris Pek wrote:
> > But in some particular cases these suggested watch files are useless because
> > they absolutely ignore get-orig-sources section in debian/rules. In such
> > cases these annoying strings on PTS pages will be placed forever. It would
>
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:26:14AM +0300, Boris Pek wrote:
> Hi Bart,
>
> > Other examples ?
>
> I completely support Dmitry's request. I do not understand why he decided to
> write about one particular case, but the basic idea is clear.
My reason to ask for examples, is to have the chance to il
Hi Dmitry,
You asked me to be more specific :
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 04:53:40PM +1000, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> Why? Still not convinced? Even hypothetical example should be enough
> as long as argument make sense. IMHO at this point you shall explain
> what stopping you from answering my questio
> But in some particular cases these suggested watch files are useless because
> they absolutely ignore get-orig-sources section in debian/rules. In such
> cases these annoying strings on PTS pages will be placed forever. It would be
> nice to have the documented procedure for removing suggested wa
Hi Bart,
> Other examples ?
I completely support Dmitry's request. I do not understand why he decided to
write about one particular case, but the basic idea is clear.
Yes, in many cases these suggestions for watch files are useful. Thanks a lot
for your effort in this direction.
But in some par
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:04:48 Bart Martens wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 09:21:50AM +1000, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> > I do not understand why are you hiding information how to remove
> > updated watch files from PTS. It is not good that you're appears to be
> > the only person who
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:11:15 Bart Martens wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 04:53:40PM +1000, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> > Why? Still not convinced? Even hypothetical example should be enough
> > as long as argument make sense. IMHO at this point you shall explain
> > what stopping you
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:11:59 Bart Martens wrote:
> The watch file included in cuetools 1.3.1-13 also uses that old mirror.
Only because newer mirror have repackaged (not identical) orig.tar of
a current version. With new upstream release it will be safe to drop.
> Other examples ?
Why? Still n
Hi Dmitry,
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 09:21:50AM +1000, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> For example, in the particular case of "cuetools" package, "updated
> debian/watch" file suggest fixing old mirror that shall be removed
> completely in the future. Since "cuetools" package is team
> (un-)maintained futur
Hi Bart,
Thank you for adding some information about how to deal with the problem to
https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/HowToHelpWithFixingWatchFiles
However I feel that your explanation is incomplete and allow room for
disagreement with maintainer.
For example, in the particular case of
Package: qa.debian.org
Severity: minor
For some packages like [1] "todo" section of PTS page suggest that
"Someone wrote an updated debian/watch file you may want to include in
the package". Sometimes such "updated debian/watch file" is no longer
relevant like when upstream changed hosting or move
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