Re: Package splitting and upgrades
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:38:23AM -0500, Jeff Licquia <licquia@debian.org> was heard to say:
> - Nice descriptive strings (i.e. "Ximian GNOME Repository" instead of
> "ximian")
>
> - Automatic mirror handling. The XML files were expected to contain
> mirror lists by country; RepoMan would ask for your country code, and
> pick the best mirror from each list.
>
> - Cascading data files; you could get a master directory of
> repositories, then consult each repository for its mirrors. On the TODO
> list was a feature where directories could refer to other directories,
> and where each repo could provide updated directory info for itself in
> case the directory got out of sync.
Veering offtopic, I would accept this as a patch for aptitude. Even
if you just have the backend issues worked out, I could handle some of
the UI stuff.
Daniel
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