Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-30 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:05:56 +0100, Bluefuture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If there is no way, other than following mailing list, to know upstream >version and the upstream author doesn't want to help you >there is no way for dehs to follow upstream release, but this is not the case >of apg. I t

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-28 Thread Free Ekanayaka
|--==> bluefuture writes: b> Il giorno mer, 26-01-2005 alle 09:02 +0100, Free Ekanayaka ha scritto: >>Thanks for this effort. >> >>Would it make sense to support queries of dehs by maintainer email >>address? >> >>This ways it would be easier for people to check the status of

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-28 Thread Bluefuture
>What do you do with packages that have uncooperative upstream and thus >a watch file is not possible? > >apg's web host, for example, doesn't support directory listings, so I >had to resort on checking the fingerprint of the download web page to >find out whether there is a new release. > >Greetin

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-28 Thread Bluefuture
Il giorno mer, 26-01-2005 alle 09:02 +0100, Free Ekanayaka ha scritto: > Thanks for this effort. > > Would it make sense to support queries of dehs by maintainer email > address? > > This ways it would be easier for people to check the status of their > own packages. This functionality is

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-26 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:28:16 +0100, Bluefuture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Native packages are already not included in the dehs system. What do you do with packages that have uncooperative upstream and thus a watch file is not possible? apg's web host, for example, doesn't support directory listi

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-26 Thread Free Ekanayaka
|--==> bluefuture writes: b> The dehs system now is regular running again every two days on alioth b> (and so also on the info feed to developer.php on qa). b> Looking at no_watch page[1] there are: b> Total source packages without watch file: 6324 b> Total source packages: 8285

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-25 Thread Bluefuture
Il giorno mar, 25-01-2005 alle 13:56 +0100, Wouter Verhelst ha scritto: > I'm not convinced having a watch file is always useful. > I agree with you. > I would hope a maintainer would follow the announcements of the software I agree with this. Dehs/Watch is not a system for bypassing upstream ma

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-25 Thread Bluefuture
Il giorno mar, 25-01-2005 alle 07:49 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow ha scritto: > Bluefuture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The dehs system now is regular running again every two days on alioth > > (and so also on the info feed to developer.php on qa). > > Looking at no_watch page[1] there are:

Re: try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-24 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bluefuture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The dehs system now is regular running again every two days on alioth > (and so also on the info feed to developer.php on qa). > Looking at no_watch page[1] there are: > > Total source packages without watch file: 6324 > Total source packages: 8285 > %:

try to keep a watch file into your package

2005-01-24 Thread Bluefuture
The dehs system now is regular running again every two days on alioth (and so also on the info feed to developer.php on qa). Looking at no_watch page[1] there are: Total source packages without watch file: 6324 Total source packages: 8285 %: 76,33% But seems also that there are: 1621 package