the packages sync problem.

[Rick Hawkins <rhawkins@iastate.edu>]

i'm kind of thinking aloud here, but a couple of possibilities come to
mind:

1) can the mirrors simply run their own script for creating packages
files?

2) how about a delay in deleting the outdated files?  When the Packages
file gets ahead of wha'ts actually there, and packages try to load
barely obsolete dependents, it turns out that the older file just isn't
there.  If it statyed for a few days, it would ease the problem.  (this
is a band-aid solution,yes, but it seems relatively easy to implement).

rick