Re: [RFC] fixing sourceforge watch files

2008-06-18 Thread Adam D. Barratt
[I suspect most of my fellow devscripts maintainers read -qa, but CCing the team list just in case] On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 17:50 +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > Hi, > we have had a little trouble with our sf redirector a while back (i.e. the > sf mirror was down) and it is really annoying. > Anyh

Re: [RFC] fixing sourceforge watch files

2008-06-18 Thread Fabian Pietsch
[Adam: Sorry, hit the wrong reply key; I'm not used to posting on mailing lists yet.] * "Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:25:05 +0100): > Fabian Pietsch wrote: > >* "Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Tue, 17 Jun 2008 > >19:11:21 +0100): > [...] > >>+# If your package

Re: [RFC] fixing sourceforge watch files

2008-06-18 Thread Adam D. Barratt
Fabian Pietsch wrote: * "Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:11:21 +0100): [...] +# If your package is located on sourceforge, you can avoid its +# mirror system by using the following format. Note that the trailing +# \?.+ is required. +http://sourceforge.net/projects/aud

Re: [RFC] fixing sourceforge watch files

2008-06-18 Thread Fabian Pietsch
* "Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:11:21 +0100): > --- scripts/uscan.1 (revision 1502) > +++ scripts/uscan.1 (working copy) > -# If your package is located on sourceforge, use one of the following > -# formats to automatically use the qa.debian.org redirector, avoidi

Re: [RFC] fixing sourceforge watch files

2008-06-17 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 07:11:21PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > *dons devscripts maintainer hat* > fwiw, if I were applying this change at the moment, it would be likely > to be commited as per the attached. > *removes hat* > > Thomas has a reasonable point though; it would be good not to break

Re: [RFC] fixing sourceforge watch files

2008-06-17 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 18:24 +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:07:01AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > I found a while back that this URL redirects to the files page: > > > > http://sf.net/projects/foo/files > > > > Slightly more readable than the URL you used. > > Thanks,

Re: [RFC] fixing sourceforge watch files

2008-06-17 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi Filippo, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > we have had a little trouble with our sf redirector a while back (i.e. the > sf mirror was down) and it is really annoying. > Anyhow, I noticed that there are now direct links with http 302 redirection > towards a mirror, without the ugly selection page! Is i

Re: [RFC] fixing sourceforge watch files

2008-06-17 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:07:01AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > I found a while back that this URL redirects to the files page: > > http://sf.net/projects/foo/files > > Slightly more readable than the URL you used. Thanks, this avoids the group_id search, so the audacity case can be trimmed to: ve

Re: [RFC] fixing sourceforge watch files

2008-06-17 Thread Paul Wise
I found a while back that this URL redirects to the files page: http://sf.net/projects/foo/files Slightly more readable than the URL you used. Downside is the extra redirects (sf->sourceforge, files->showfiles.php). -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [