On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:53:52AM +0100, Marcin Owsiany wrote:
> Something like this should be implemented anyway when
> translated Descriptions will be supported and Packages size
> will grow by some 6 times.
Oh, man, you got another strong point against general package
index. (Big Packages.gz c
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 06:30:33PM -0500, Thomas Smith wrote:
> * Keep old Packages.gz file with Descriptions.
> * Make new Small-Packages.gz file w/o Descriptions, and have
> new version of apt look for it, if so configured.
> * Some method of getting the descriptions separately. Maybe
> Desc
hi.
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 11:42:04PM +0800, zhaoway wrote:
> 3. Additional benefits
>
> Seperate changelog.Debian and `Description:' etc. out into meta-info file
> could help users: 1) reduce the bandwidth eaten 2) help their upgrade
> decisions easily.
I like this idea. There are some ways t
Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Also think of the benefit when updating. With some extra code on the
>client side (for example in apt) a pseudo deb can be created from the
>installed version and then rsynced against the new version.
Coo, yes, and you don't even need that much extra co
> " " == zhaoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [A quick reply. And thanks for discuss with me! And no need to
> Cc: me anymore, I updated my DB info.]
> On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 05:51:26PM +0100, Goswin Brederlow
> wrote:
>> The problem is that people want to browse de
[A quick reply. And thanks for discuss with me! And no need to Cc: me
anymore, I updated my DB info.]
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 05:51:26PM +0100, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> The problem is that people want to browse descriptions to find a
> package fairly often or just run "apt-cache show package" to
> " " == zhaoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi, [Sorry for the thread broken, my POP3 provider stopped.]
> [Please Cc: me! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Sorry! ;-)]
> 1. RFDiscussion on big Packages.gz
> 1.1. Some statistics
> % grep-dctrl -P
>
-sPackage,Priority,I
Hi,
[Sorry for the thread broken, my POP3 provider stopped.]
[Please Cc: me! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Sorry! ;-)]
1. RFDiscussion on big Packages.gz
1.1. Some statistics
% grep-dctrl -P
-sPackage,Priority,Installed-Size,Version,Depends,Provides,Conflicts,Filename,Size,MD5sum
-r '.*' ftp.jp.debian
8 matches
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