Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

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 some official page or 
in a manual, but I can not figure out where I saw it.

For tools aware of Debian repository structure see
https://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianRepository/Setup#Debian_Repository_Mirroring_Tools

Personally I use apt-cacher-ng, so I can not comment reliability of 
other tools.