Hello, On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 03:04:10AM +0800, zhaoway wrote: > * To seperate Packages.gz to be along with each package as another seperate > file. Ceazar's belong to Ceazar. ;) > i.e., each pkg_ver-sub_arch.deb with a pkg_ver-sub_arch.idx No, thats not a win. You would end up checking time stamps for thousands of files in case of an update. I liked the idea of alphabetical splitting in Packages-[a-z0-9].gz > * At the same time, provide a big Packages.gz by collecting these small > files for compatibility. Or, maybe even a trimmed Packages.gz by removing > all of the Description:s. Jup, just keep a copy of Packages.gz and provide backwards compatibility. Bastian Kleineidam
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