Re: debian/watch and v5

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:29:30 +0100, =C9tienne Mollier wrote:

>gregor herrmann, on 2026-02-20:
>> I notice that some people have started to convert d/watch files to versi=
on 5
>> format.
>> While there is no consensus to do this, which is not my problem, I also =
note
>> that often it's done wrong for CPAN distributions.
>I fear I may have committed a few of them.=20=20

No worries, and I found several examples by different people :)

I also noticed that lintian-brush creates them which might be one of=20
the reasons why they appeared. (Bug filed.)

>I wrote down to fix
>those instances as I come by them.

I _think_ I fixed all of them yesterday.

And I also noticed that version 5/the Metacpan template still has=20
some rough edges, so please, if someone converts a d/watch file, test=20
it with `uscan --report --verbose` or similar afterwards.

(The problems are around versions, e.g. having a leading v in the=20
API, or the API responding with different versions than the tarballs=20
have.)


Cheers,
gregor

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