Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

2023-01-13 Thread Max Nikulin
On 09/01/2023 13:20, Sadhu Santh wrote: If not, why the upstream structure is not made simpler? If I remember correctly, current repository layout minimizes traffic at the moment of new release. .deb packages are already synced as a part of testing suite. Almost certainly it is explained on

Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

2023-01-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 01:59:50PM +0530, Sadhu Santh wrote: > > > > I am hosting a local Debian mirror for my LAN. This helps in low internet > > > bandwidth use. > > > > > > I keep only the required distributions (past five years and testing > > > release). > > > > > > Compared to other distri

Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

2023-01-13 Thread Sadhu Santh
On 09/01/23 17:48, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 11:50:23AM +0530, Sadhu Santh wrote: Hi, I am hosting a local Debian mirror for my LAN. This helps in low internet bandwidth use. I keep only the required distributions (past five years and testing release). Compared to oth

Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

2023-01-09 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 07:35:18 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 07:18:53 -0500 > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > The best solution, IMHO, is to mirror using a tool that is aware of > > the specific structure of apt repositories. Personally, I have had > > excellent success with ap

Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

2023-01-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 07:18:53 -0500 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > The best solution, IMHO, is to mirror using a tool that is aware of > the specific structure of apt repositories. Personally, I have had > excellent success with apt-cacher-ng, which functions much like a > squid proxy. You configure

Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

2023-01-09 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 11:50:23AM +0530, Sadhu Santh wrote: > Hi, > > I am hosting a local Debian mirror for my LAN. This helps in low internet > bandwidth use. > > I keep only the required distributions (past five years and testing > release). > > Compared to other distributions such ArchLinux

Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

2023-01-08 Thread Sadhu Santh
Hi, I am hosting a local Debian mirror for my LAN. This helps in low internet bandwidth use. I keep only the required distributions (past five years and testing release). Compared to other distributions such ArchLinux/RockyLinux (single line Rsync can do the job), the partial mirroring ove