On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> wrote:
> I propose to store this information and similar ones in a parsable file in the > debian directory of the packages. For instance, debian/upstream-metadata.yaml. > For packages stored in a VCS, this information will be easy to retreive. The > retreiver system can then crunch the files and sumbit a proper table to the > Ultimate Debian Database (UDD), which is a convenient entry point to build > dynamic websites. ... > aqwa『debian』$ wget http://upstream-metadata.debian.net/table/DOI -O - > 2>/dev/null ... Could you maybe add something human-readable to the site? Not everyone understands perl ;) Some links to the different available tables would be nice. I probably said it before, but I don't really like storing this metadata in source packages since the metadata is likely to change independently of the source package (like the Homepage and watch file). I'd prefer a database and management interface like screenshots.debian.net or debtags.alioth.debian.org for this. I wish I had time to help out by writing something for this :( You might like to start a new thread on this upstream metadata stuff on debian-devel btw. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
