Now that we have email addresses for the packages (<package-name>@debian.org??) I'll raise something I thought about a while ago.
Currently the only way that a maintainer knows about a new package is: a) they keep checking the sites b) someone tells them (often through a bug report) c) they have a program which checks for new versions at a site It would be nice to have an automated procedure so that package maintainers don't have to do this themselves. I can see two methods (and both are really needed): a) subscribe <package>@debian.org to the announcement lists (with a limit on the number of emails to be stored). b) be able to specify a URL which can be checked for changes - for instance: ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/Incoming/SVGATextmode-* Am I just blathering on, or is this a workable and decent suggestion? Cheers Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | Because bloated, unstable PGP key available on public key servers | operating systems are from MS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
