Subject: Re: learning what package versions are available?
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 01/26/2006 01:54:20
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 10:47:04PM +0100, joerg@britannica.bec.de wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 02:17:36PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > > I wonder if parsing doc/CHANGES could be used too.
> >=20
> > Maybe, though parsing doesn't work well if there isn't a
> > rigidly-defined format.
>=20
> Any entry which doesn't match the "make changes-entry" format can be
> considered broken and should be fixed, so writing a parser shouldn't
> be that hard. It can reject any line and complain about it loudly :-)

the doc/CHANGES-pkgsrc200?Q? files on stable branches use different
format.  there is no version mentioned, not even a precise package name
could be provided.

regards,

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