Re: Debian package upstream watching

2013-05-29 Thread Ryan Kavanagh
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 09:41:30AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > DEHS is dead [...]. Notices of new upstream releases don't get sent > via email because not every maintainer would want them. On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 09:52:06PM -0400, Ryan Kavanagh wrote: > In my opinion, [DEHS emails are] the best way

Re: Debian package upstream watching

2013-05-29 Thread Ryan Kavanagh
Hi, On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:01:47PM +, T o n g wrote: > >From http://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch/ I have the impression that I > have to come up with a scheme to call the uscan program on regular basis, > whereas from http://wiki.debian.org/DEHS I have the impression that DEHS > is doin

Re: Debian package upstream watching

2013-05-29 Thread Paul Wise
l naming scheme or got forked. In any case it would be better if you were involved with upstream enough that you know when new releases are coming. > How does this Debian package upstream watching works *practically*? > > From http://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch/ I have the impression that

Re: Debian package upstream watching

2013-05-29 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On 30/05/2013 07:01, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > Is it the package maintainer's job to watch for upstream releases? > > How does this Debian package upstream watching works *practically*? > >>From http://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch/ I have the impression that I &g

Debian package upstream watching

2013-05-29 Thread T o n g
Hi, Is it the package maintainer's job to watch for upstream releases? How does this Debian package upstream watching works *practically*? >From http://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch/ I have the impression that I have to come up with a scheme to call the uscan program on regul