Hi, On Thu, 22 Mar 2018, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > I'm repeating myself, but could we please find another way to store > this information than in the source package? I'd like to see all of
Sure. > I envision a service, metadata.debian.org, with a suitable > authenticated API to allow Debian package maintainers to update the > information, and having tracker.debian.org, dak, and other parties > fetch the data from metadata service, for inclusion in, say, Packages > files. I don't think we need an entirely new service. tracker.debian.org already has working authentication and I (as the main service maintainer) am in favor of going into this direction. It's just a matter of someone volunteering to do the work. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: https://debian-handbook.info/get/
