Re: debian/watch and v5

Étienne Mollier <[email protected]> Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:29:30 +0100
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Hi,

gregor herrmann, on 2026-02-20:
> I notice that some people have started to convert d/watch files to versio=
n 5
> format.
>=20
> While there is no consensus to do this, which is not my problem, I also n=
ote
> that often it's done wrong for CPAN distributions.
>=20
> Random example:
>=20
> Wrong:
>     Source: https://metacpan.org/release/Mail-Message
>     Matching-Pattern: .*/Mail-Message-v?@ANY_VERSION@@ARCHIVE_EXT@$
>=20
> Correct:
>     Template: Metacpan
>     Dist: Mail-Message

I fear I may have committed a few of them.  I wrote down to fix
those instances as I come by them.  If that helps, I've noticed
this morning that, in addition to debian-watch(5), there is also
a uscan-templates(5) manual that documents all handled
distributors with templates.

Have a nice day,  :)
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