[Apt-zip-devel] Exporting USEMD5SUMS

[Giacomo Catenazzi]

Eddy Petrișor wrote:
> On 25/09/2007, Wolfram Sang <wolfram at the-dreams.de> wrote:

>>  By the way, is there some cvs/svn repository or is the source-package
>>  the most recent version?
> 
> Yes and no. We tried using svn, but I think Giacomo has started
> privately using git (the latest 2.5 releases are not in svn) and we
> didn't discuss about this.
> 
> The outdated code in SVN is at svn://svn.debian.org/svn/apt-zip/trunk .
> 
> 
> BTW Giacomo, we could use git instead of svn, if you like. (And I know
> I haven't done anything lately - like a year or more).

sorry :-(
No, I'm not using git for this package.
I'll use svn, now that I learned it ;-)
Anyway, I tend to work in batch mode, so my local version is the same
as the uploaded version (aka, "patch, test and upload" on same days).


BTW somebody proposed me an other design: a web based application.
I see it as:
- USER: upload of package list (+ installed version)
- SERVER: find new packages (ev. with dependencies)
- SERVER: display a link to the new generated tar file

As further step we can add:
- dependencies search,
- split big tar to an user defined max size (i.e. floppy)
- user could save the package list
  - easier to get new security or stable-update
  - notified via email
- ...

Because the server will be in a debian machine, I think
coding it will be a lot simpler that actual apt-zip.
The only problem I see: resources. The apt is slow and
resource intensive (dependencies), and I've no idea
on bandwidth.

ciao
	cate