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4.11 Optional upstream source location: ‘debian/watch’
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This is an optional, recommended configuration file for the ‘uscan’
utility which defines how to automatically scan ftp or http sites for
newly available updates of the package.  This is also used by some
Debian QA tools to help with quality control and maintenance of the
distribution as a whole.

If the upstream maintainer of the software provides OpenPGP signatures
for new releases, including the information required for ‘uscan’ to
verify signatures for new upstream releases is also recommended.  To do
this, use the ‘pgpsigurlmangle’ option in ‘debian/watch’ to specify the
location of the upstream signature, and include the key or keys used to
sign upstream releases in the Debian source package as
‘debian/upstream/signing-key.asc’.

For more information about ‘uscan’ and these options, including how to
generate the file containing upstream signing keys, see uscan(1).