Re: Bug#761348: ftp.debian.org: need machine-readable metadata about suites & repositories
2014-09-14 15:08 GMT+02:00 Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>:
> [Drop the bug since it seems OT there]
>
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Holger Levsen wrote:
>
>> we have the python-distro-info package which at least holds some of that info.
>>
>> how/where would you see that in your "picture"?
>
> That has the same problem; it hardcodes information about the archive
> in a place outside of the archive. I've long been of the opinion that
> distro-info (and associated packages) is the wrong solution.
Since we had issues with that in Tanglu as well, we also created a solution ;-)
It's a damn simple YAML file, which describes the suites names,
versions, supported architectures and arch-specific settings, and
points the tools to the current development suite.
YAML has the advantage that you can create suite hierarchies, e.g.
bartholomea:
state: development
description: Tanglu 2 (development version)
suites:
update:
description: Tanglu 2 updates
A generic solution which is used by Debian and its derivatives would
be an awesome thing, and help a lot in sharing the tools used across
distributions.
Cheers,
Matthias
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