[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #56542] pkg: new subcommand to open package git or hg repo in a web browser

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56542>

                 Summary: pkg: new subcommand to open package git or hg repo
in a web browser
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Mon 24 Jun 2019 11:56:29 AM PDT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: Need Info
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

After a user installs an Octave package, it would be nice if Octave provided a
way for the user to be directed to the upstream git or hg repository where
development takes place. This will give the user access to the development
docs, bug tracker, and so on.

This would be very simple to implement, just a new field in the package
DESCRIPTION that pkg looks for, and a new `pkg` subcommand that passes that
URL on to the `web` command.

1.  What should the new subcommand be named?
2.  What should the DESCRIPTION field be named?




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