Bug#879207: devscripts: [uscan] Support https://sf.net for the redirector

[Stephen Kitt]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.17.6+deb9u1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Given that the sf.net redirector uses TLS to talk to the redirector,
it would be nice if we could specify https://sf.net in debian/watch as
well as http://sf.net (especially in light of lintian’s new
debian-watch-uses-insecure-uri tag).

Regards,

Stephen


-- Package-specific info:

--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---

--- ~/.devscripts ---
DEBUILD_DPKG_BUILDPACKAGE_OPTS="-i -ICVS -I.svn -I.pc -I.git"
DEBSIGN_KEYID=A36B494F
DEBUILD_PREPEND_PATH=/usr/lib/ccache
DEBUILD_PRESERVE_ENVVARS=CCACHE_DIR

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.1
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'stable'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev              1.18.24
ii  libc6                 2.24-11+deb9u1
ii  libfile-homedir-perl  1.00-1
ii  perl                  5.24.1-3+deb9u2
ii  python3               3.5.3-1

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  apt                         1.4.8
ii  at                          3.1.20-3
ii  curl                        7.52.1-5+deb9u1
ii  dctrl-tools                 2.24-2+b1
ii  debian-keyring              2017.05.28
ii  dput-ng [dput]              1.13
ii  dupload                     2.8.4
ii  equivs                      2.0.9+nmu1
ii  fakeroot                    1.21-3.1
ii  file                        1:5.30-1+deb9u1
ii  gnupg                       2.1.18-8~deb9u1
ii  gnupg2                      2.1.18-8~deb9u1
ii  libdistro-info-perl         0.14
ii  libdpkg-perl                1.18.24
ii  libencode-locale-perl       1.05-1
ii  libgit-wrapper-perl         0.047-1
ii  liblist-compare-perl        0.53-1
ii  liblwp-protocol-https-perl  6.06-2
ii  libsoap-lite-perl           1.20-1
ii  liburi-perl                 1.71-1
ii  libwww-perl                 6.15-1
ii  licensecheck                3.0.29-1
ii  lintian                     2.5.55
ii  man-db                      2.7.6.1-2
ii  patch                       2.7.5-1+b2
ii  patchutils                  0.3.4-2
ii  python3-debian              0.1.30
ii  python3-magic               1:5.30-1+deb9u1
ii  sensible-utils              0.0.9
ii  strace                      4.15-2
ii  unzip                       6.0-21
ii  wdiff                       1.2.2-2
ii  wget                        1.18-5
ii  xz-utils                    5.2.2-1.2+b1

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii  adequate                     0.15.1
ii  autopkgtest                  4.4
ii  bls-standalone               0.20151231
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-4
ii  build-essential              12.3
ii  check-all-the-things         2017.05.20
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
ii  devscripts-el                36.3+nmu1
ii  diffoscope                   78
pn  disorderfs                   <none>
ii  dose-extra                   5.0.1-8+deb9u1
ii  duck                         0.12
ii  faketime                     0.9.6-7+b1
ii  gnuplot                      5.0.5+dfsg1-6+deb9u1
ii  gpgv                         2.1.18-8~deb9u1
ii  how-can-i-help               15
ii  libauthen-sasl-perl          2.1600-1
ii  libfile-desktopentry-perl    0.22-1
pn  libnet-smtps-perl            <none>
ii  libterm-size-perl            0.207-1+b4
ii  libtimedate-perl             2.3000-2
ii  libyaml-syck-perl            1.29-1+b2
pn  mozilla-devscripts           <none>
ii  mutt                         1.7.2-1
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:7.4p1-10+deb9u1
ii  piuparts                     0.77
ii  ratt                         0.0~git20160202.0.a14e2ff-1+b2
pn  reprotest                    <none>
ii  svn-buildpackage             0.8.6
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-34

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