Re: Source-Only Uploads and Packages{,.bz2}

[Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 04:20:39PM +0300, Sami Haahtinen wrote:
> > > Additionally, we're getting rid of the Packages files (!) for woody and
> > > sid.
> > 
> > I object to this. A bunch of dselect methods rely on using Packages
> > and breaking them suddenly like this would be an unwelcome surprise.
> > You can't do this until we've had at least one release with updated
> > dselect methods.
> 
> how about providing a dummy Packages.gz with only the updated dpkg and apt in
> it? this would allow upgrading quite smoothly..

I think that Anthony was referring only to the _uncompressed_ versions of
the Packages files; the .gz (and .bz2) stay.

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