Hi, On 16.04.2012 16:35, Adrian Schröter wrote: > Am Samstag, 14. April 2012, 20:01:49 schrieb Paul Elliott: >> >> How to create a watch file for a tarball found on the OBS (Open Build >> Service). > > What is a watch file? Where is it defined and what exactly is it supposed to > do?
A watch file is a file within a Debian source package which is describing based on URL patterns where upstream release tarballs can be found and retrieved. This is useful to track upstream development and get notified if a new release was published. The file is being read by uscan(1) [1] and other Debian core services. [1] http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uscan -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D
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