[pkg-go] Bug#817829: RFS: golang-github-cheggaaa-pb/0.0~git20160304.0.a75ad33 [ITP] -- simple console progress bar for Go

[Peter Colberg]

Hi Dmitry,

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 03:28:16PM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> I've uploaded with only one correction: I've added "watch" file to check for 
> upstream releases. Apparently there is one new tag/release made 10 days ago.
> 
> Tagged version is quite different from yours -- please check with upstream if 
> necessary. I've also reported the following bug:
> 
>     https://github.com/cheggaaa/pb/issues/73

Thank you for the upload!

The tag in question is 'go1.0', which points to commit e8c7cc5 from
Dec 2, 2014. This does not look like a proper release tag, rather
an internal tag for an old commit that works with Go version 1.0.

I added a watch file only for Go packages that are published on
gopkg.in/, which is a good indication that the author is familiar
with proper versioning and regularly tags new versions.

For other Go packages I used git snapshots. I did see the occasional
single tag for these, but again outdated and not indicative of regular
releases. Therefore I think it’s best to ignore these stray tags.

Regards,
Peter