[pacman-dev] Mark outdated packages automatically (aka Livecheck)

[William Giokas]

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:29:32AM -0700, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Lukas Fleischer
> <archlinux at cryptocrack.de> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:12:05AM -0700, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I believe in automatization. Any routine work that can be done
> >> automatically should be done this way.
> >>
> >> One such thing that can be improved in Arch project is discovering
> >> out-of-date packages. Currently it is done by users who go to
> >> https://www.archlinux.org/packages/ find the package and then click
> >> "Flag Package Out-of-Date" link. Why to bother users? Why not to let
> >> some bot to visit websites and check for new versions?
> >>
> >> There are examples of package managers that have such functionality -
> >> macports http://guide.macports.org/chunked/reference.livecheck.html
> >> Their Portfiles can have information about how to find released files
> >> (using regexp). Then periodically (e.g. daily) a bot visits webpages,
> >> parses html and checks if new files are present.
> >>
> >> Is it possible to have such functionality in pacman? It would save
> >> users time and make package update time lower.
> >
> > Some developers and Trusted Users already use tools to check websites
> > for updates. I agree that it might be better to do this in a central
> > location but this is certainly not a pacman issue. Maybe we could add
> > something to archweb (or just use a bot, as you already mentioned).
> 
> Sure, I can file a ticket against archweb.
> 
> But I believe PKGBUILD file should have a field that describes how to
> find a new version for the package.

There is already the url= field.

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