(Dropping CC for d-devel) On 2013-03-20 11:40, David Kalnischkies wrote: > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Stefan Fritsch <s...@sfritsch.de> wrote: >> The largest task as I see it would be to better integrate some or all of >> the transport mechanisms, so that apt-file can behave properly for >> different kinds of errors, report up-to-date-ness, etc. Also better >> download progress reporting and bandwith limiting would be nice. Of >> course, there are many other possible improvements that no one had time >> to implement, see the open wishlist bugs. >
I am interested in working on apt-file. > I would like to take the opportunity to invite anyone interested to join > de...@lists.debian.org (cc'ed) and discuss if and how we could work > on integrating apt-file more closely with other apt-* tools. > > I (and I guess many other users) would be pleased if we could reach a > point in which "apt-get update" (or its countless alternative ways) would > update indeed all data I requested to be downloaded as a user rather than > remembering to run also "apt-file update" (and "debtags update" and and and). > Indeed that would be great. Maybe packages like apt-file could install a file in some directory APT reads saying "Please download X with updates" ? > Beside pleasing user it might also free some resources on the code front > as APT already does progress reporting, bandwidth limiting and security, > even though I am certain we can improve all these further. > > > [...] > > > Best regards > > David Kalnischkies > > Not to mention new "transports" come for free. :) ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
