Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
What about applying to a similar structure that is used for main contrib non-free??Apt-get can then simple look at the date and/or md5sum to choose if the pool dir package file is downloaded. It could also be done lazy and only when apt-get actually needs the information it will be downloaded, probably this should be a configuration option. Any new ideas and constructive critics are welcome, it's just a simple thought of mine. :) Jeroen Dekkers
something like base admin net so that a sources.list file can look like: deb <mirror>/debian unstable main/base main/net contrib/* non-free/web where * means all the sub categories that belongs to contrib. at this point I think 2 problems can be solved in one shot: 1) reducing the size of Packages 2) give the end user a higher flexibility in selecting pkgs(EX: why do I need to have gnome-audio if Im installing a dns server?? maybe on
an old i386??? ;) ) 3) Im tempt to say reducing network load but.. well.. that's another story. It's obvious that your sources.list get more complex to handle but we also have really nice tools like debconf to help users, don't we??? Fabio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org