[arch-dev-public] [RFC] archweb nvchecker integration

[David Runge]

On 2022-01-31 21:25:41 (+0100), Jelle van der Waa via arch-dev-public wrote:
> We’ve wanted automatic flagging packages out of date for a while and
> currently every packager has to come up with it’s own solution. Let’s
> solve this centralized by integrating nvchecker into archweb.

One thing that I have been wondering about is the following:
How do you plan to integrate this with existing packager workflows?
When I look at my own:
I periodically (at least daily) check for updates to upstreams using
nvchecker in a multi-repository (i.e. multiple nvchecker config files)
setup and am usually aware of changes quite fast.

If this is integrated into the website, are people supposed to only rely
on the website, or would there be a way to query the status of a
packager's packages via some CLI tooling (as that is what I am relying
on currently and which is easily accessible from multiple locations)?

> The question is if anyone object to checking these small .NVCHECKER
> files into our svn repository. If there are no real objections, I'll
> start implementing this functionality into archweb in two weeks.

I'm fine with the file format and addition.

Thanks for looking into this! It is much appreciated! :)

Best,
David

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