Re: New Octave Packages platform

[Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>]

* Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org> [2022-09-14 11:09]:

> * Sébastien Villemot <sebastien@debian.org> [2022-09-13 17:10]:
>
> > I just wanted to mention that new infrastructure for hosting Octave 
> > packages:
> >
> > https://octave.discourse.group/t/welcome-octave-packages/2954 
> > https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/
> >
> > At this point I’m unsure about what this implies for our Debian 
> > packaging, in particular for debian/watch and for the Homepage field 
> > in debian/control.
>
> Thanks for the heads up, Sébastien.
>
> I tested the following debian/watch file (for octave-audio, in the 
> example below), and it worked for uscan:
>
>    version=4
>    https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/audio/   \
>        https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/audio-(.+).tar.gz
>
> I will mass-update the packages in Salsa.d.o.

It is done. I did some elementary tests to ensure that the changes are 
okay, but some corner cases may need further correction.

Best,

Rafael