Bug#815980: tracker.debian.org: All packages have uscan issues

[James McCoy]

Control: reassign -1 devscripts 2.15.10
Control: retitle -1 "uscan --dehs" shouldn't send all output to stderr
Control: affects -1 qa.debian.org

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:29:10PM +0000, James Cowgill wrote:
> > jcowgill at quantz:~$ psql service=udd -x -c "SELECT * FROM upstream WHERE source='easytag'"
> > -[ RECORD 1 ]-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > source                  | easytag
> > version                 | 2.4.2-1
> > distribution            | debian
> > release                 | sid
> > component               | main
> > watch_file              | version=3
> >                         | http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/easytag/(\d.)+/ \
> >                         |         easytag-([\d.]+)\.tar\.xz
> >                         | 
> > signing_key_pgp         | 
> > signing_key_asc         | 
> > debian_uversion         | 2.4.2
> > debian_mangled_uversion | 2.4.2
> > upstream_version        | 2.4.2
> > upstream_url            | http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/easytag/2.4/easytag-2.4.2.tar.xz
> > errors                  | uscan output on stderr: uscan: Newest version of easytag on remote site is 2.4.2, local version is 2.4.2
> >                         | uscan warn: No upstream tarball downloaded.  No further processing with mk_origtargz ...
> >                         | 
> >                         | 
> > warnings                | No upstream tarball downloaded.  No further processing with mk_origtargz ...
> >                         | 
> > status                  | up to date
> > last_check              | 2016-02-26 00:04:48.688531
> 
> My guess is that this was triggered in UDD when devscripts 2.16.1 got
> uploaded to jessie-backports. In devscripts 2.15.10, the interface to
> uscan changed with everything being printed to stderr (even if it's not
> an error) if --dehs is used.

Then this is what needs to be fixed.  The behavior, especially for
something that's intended to be used by automation, shouldn't have
changed such that it broke the major user of such functionality.

Reassigning to devscripts.

Cheers,
-- 
James
GPG Key: 4096R/331BA3DB 2011-12-05 James McCoy <jamessan at debian.org>