Re: Package Pool Proposal
Wednesday, 24 November 1999, Glenn McGrath <Glenn.McGrath@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> What if you dont know the package name ?
>
> I always liked how packages are grouped into topics, so if i want to
> look for a proxy server for example, i just have to search through
> about 20 deb descriptions (binary-i386/(main|contrib|non-free)/net)
> to find what im looking for.
>
> How will could i do the above in this new scheme without reading
> the descriptions to 4500 packages?
Find the package you want on freshmeat.net (or similar), then search
for it in Debian. I think the set of listings at freshmeat.net is
generally a superset of software packaged for debian, with a few
(mostly debian specific) exceptions.
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Colin Walters <levanti@verbum.org>
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