Bug#639338: maven-debian-helper: mh_make should support Vcs-Git

[Torsten Werner]

There is githubredir.debian.net for the special case of github. I am
not aware of any general solution. But I was talking about
git.debian.org for the debian packaging.

Cheers,
Torsten

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Ludovic Claude
<ludovic.claude at laposte.net> wrote:
> Good idea, but what about watch files? Is there a way to create a watch
> file from a git url?
>
> Ludovic
>
> On 26/08/2011 07:27, Torsten Werner wrote:
>> Package: maven-debian-helper
>> Version: 1.4.4
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> mh_make currently hardcodes Vcs-Svn but git is becoming more and more popular.
>> It would be nice if it could support git addresses as well.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Torsten
>>
>> -- System Information:
>> Debian Release: 6.0.2
>>   APT prefers stable
>>   APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (400, 'testing')
>> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>>
>> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
>> Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>>
>> Versions of packages maven-debian-helper depends on:
>> ii  default-jdk                   1:1.6-40   Standard Java or Java compatible D
>> ii  libmaven-clean-plugin-java    2.3-3      Maven clean plugin
>> ii  libmaven-compiler-plugin-java 2.0.2-4    Maven compiler plugin
>> ii  libmaven-jar-plugin-java      2.2-4      Maven Jar plugin
>> ii  libmaven-resources-plugin-jav 2.3-5      Maven resources plugin
>> ii  libmaven-site-plugin-java     2.1-1      Maven Site Plugin for generating a
>> ii  libplexus-velocity-java       1.1.7-3    Plexus component interface to velo
>> ii  libsurefire-java              2.4.3-3    Surefire test framework for Java
>> ii  maven-repo-helper             1.5.2      Helper tools for including Maven m
>> ii  maven2                        2.2.1-5    Java software project management a
>> ii  velocity                      1.6.2-4    Java-based template engine for web
>>
>> maven-debian-helper recommends no packages.
>>
>> Versions of packages maven-debian-helper suggests:
>> ii  apt-file                2.4.0            search for files within Debian pac
>> ii  devscripts              2.10.69+squeeze1 scripts to make the life of a Debi
>> ii  libmaven-javadoc-plugin 2.6.1-1          Maven Javadoc Plugin
>> ii  subversion              1.6.12dfsg-6     Advanced version control system
>>
>> -- no debconf information
>>
>>
>>
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