Re: snapshot.debian.net

[Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.iki.fi>]

ma, 2005-04-25 kello 11:37 +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar kirjoitti:
> Does that include the binary packages? I'd guess that binary packages
> are of lesser use because of library and other environmental changes,
> and it is mainly/exclusively the source packages that are of assistance
> in this matter.
> 
> Is that correct?

I have used snapshot.d.n a couple of times to get old (from early sarge)
binary packages to test bugs related to upgrade problems for a package.
It is possible that a mere source package would do, but recompilation
now is not guaranteed to create the same binary package as what the user
user installed back then. Fewer moving parts means debugging is easier.

This use alone is not, however, enough to warrant a disk system in the
terabyte size, I think.