Package: devscripts Version: 2.9.22 Severity: wishlist I would like to have an option for uscan which turns off the inclusion of patterns into href="..." so that the source code itself can be parsed for version numbers. (And if a newer version is found, the file parsed is being downloaded respectively saved since it alread had to be downloaded for parsing. :-)
Example scenario: The packaged program is a simple but useful shell script. The maintainer has always only the newest version online under the same URL. uscan should scan the the given URL for version numbers. Real Life Example: The upstream URL for the package wikipedia2text is http://www.256bit.org/~chrisbra/wiki -- In this file there is a line "VERSION=0.05" A future watch file for wikipedia2text could look like this: ---snip--- opts=nohref http://www.256bit.org/~chrisbra/wiki VERSION=([\d\.]+) debian uupdate ---snap--- TIA. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.33.2-1-dphys-k8-smp-64gb Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii debianutils 2.17.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg-dev 1.13.24 package building tools for Debian ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.5-1 The GNU sed stream editor Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii fakeroot 1.5.10 Gives a fake root environment -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
