Hi all, [resend since my original mail from Aug 26th got lost]
As promised during Debconf, I went and talked with the code.google.com people about the changes to the download list which broke uscan. For the record, the rationale for the changes was (quoted with permission): > Background: We used to have the filename be a link that downloaded the > file, and everything else on that table row took the user to the > download detail page. Users liked having one-click to download the > file, but a lot of users had trouble finding how to get to the > download detail page because they were just always downloading the > file. So, we changed the file name to go to the download detail page > too, and we added the download button that you see now as the new > one-click way to get the file. > > It doesn't have to be a button, it just needs to make the user think > that clicking it will download the file. And, I don't want it to be > <a href="...">download</a> because that will be too wordy and use > valuable horizontal space and be inconsistent with our other list > views. After some discussion on how the actual links should be presented so that uscan can find them while still keeping the desired UI behaviour, the <a href="…"> links are now back in and the DEHS data for projects hosted on code.google.com should soon be fine. I have to note that the code.google.com people were very understanding once I explained how uscan works and what purpose it serves - so thanks! And while now I don't have to convert my remaining packages, I will have some uscan rules to undo… Note: I checked my packages and the download page is already fixed. I don't know if the changes will propagate to all projects soon or it will take some time, but if it still doesn't work in a few days, please let me know. regards, iustin
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