Re: Plans for debian-cd
>>>>> "goswin" == Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
raphael> But imho, that's the main point of using beeing able to
raphael> download package instead of using a local mirror. So I'm
raphael> still completely in favor of a rewrite so that debian-cd
raphael> can download the required packages.
>> Yes, this makes more sense to me since you can still use the
>> local mirror and then we have the good of both Worlds :D
goswin> Reprepro can already combine several sources into one
goswin> mirror already. I use that to merge debian with
goswin> debian-amd64 without duplicate sources and _all.deb files
goswin> localy. Debmirror2 will also have that ability.
debpartial-mirror on rewrite branch already has that ability too.
goswin> Debian-Installer does use apt-get to download udebs and
goswin> debs and has to do some dirty hacking to get it to work
goswin> because the udeb depends are broken a lot. I used the same
goswin> mechanism to build netinst CD for amd64 prior to debian-cd
goswin> doing proper builds and overall it hasn't been to
goswin> satisfactory. So if you are still thinking of reinventing
goswin> a mirror script for debian-cd better not use apt-get
goswin> itself but use the apt methods directly (like reprepro
goswin> does).
Yes, I see your point.
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