Hi,
Thank you Rohan, Fabrice, and Jackson for the helpful advice. After
reading, I am confident that I can make good use of the watch file. But
before I conclude, I want to clarify something.
So this is what mine would look like (taken directly from the Ubuntu PG
watch page) [1]
# watch control file for uscan
version=3
https://launchpad.net/pylang/+download
http://launchpad.net/pylang/.*/pylang-(.+).tar.gz
Notice I get the package from launchpad. Is it correct? Will this work
on future versions, regardless of what number the three digits may hold?
(pylang-#.#.#)
What if I did something like this:
# watch control file for uscan
version=3
https://launchpad.net/pylang/+download
http://launchpad.net/pylang/.*/pylang-(.+).tar.gz debian uupdate
Say the package will be available on both Debian and Ubuntu, but first
through Ubuntu. Do I need to include "debian uupdate" [2]? Why or why
not? I'm assuming that they apply to Debian and not necessarily to Ubuntu.
Thanks very much!
[1]
http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/debian-dir-overview.html#the-watch-file
[2] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/man1/uupdate.1.html
2013? 08? 09? 23:47, Rohan Garg ? ?:
>> After hanging out at the motu channel for a bit, I was recommended to write
>> a watch file. Now, what exactly does it do, and how can I use it? Fetch the
>> up-to-date dependencies? I guess that would mean a line per dependency.
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch/
> A watch file specifies where to look for new upstream releases of a source,
> uscan [1] is a tool that parses the watch file and downloads the latest
> tarball if there is a newer release. A watch file does NOT fetch the
> dependencies of a source itself (assuming that is what you meant in your
> original mail). Watch files are also used by UEHS [2] to show packages that
> can
> be updated in Ubuntu. The equivalent site for Debian would be DEHS [3]
>
> Note that you also should read up on uupdate [4] and this [5]
>
> Regards
> Rohan Garg
>
> [1] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/man1/uscan.1.html
> [2] http://qa.ubuntuwire.org/uehs/no_updated.html
> [3] http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/
> [4] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/man1/uupdate.1.html
> [5]
> http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/debian-dir-overview.html#the-watch-file
>
>
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