Re: Package finder

[bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

Please correspond with Ray Dassen <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl> about placing
this on our CGI server (which is not working today - I just sent someone a
nudge about getting it going).

If necessary, I can give you a login on our internal system.

	Thanks

	Bruce

From: Vatiainen Heikki <hessu@cs.tut.fi>
> I have created a small search system where you can search for a Debian package 
> either with a keyword, file name or direct browsing. The url is 
> http://house.cs.tut.fi/~hessu/debian/
> 
> However, this can not be it's permanent location since it resides on the PC I 
> use for the part time work here at the university. If you like it, I'll 
> try to arrange a more stable home for it.
> 
> Here is a short description what you can do with it:
> 
> o You can list all the packages that mention a keyword in their Description or 
>    other fields. You can also search for a package that contains a file.
> 
> o With the section browser you can list the sections and see what packages are 
>    in them.
> 
> o The search system also has mirror site selection, so when you find the       
>    package you are looking for, you can download it from the nearest mirror.
>  
> The raw material for all this are the Contents and Package files in the 
> subdirectories 'stable', 'unstable', 'contrib' and 'non-free' of 
> ftp.debian.org.
> 
> Feel free to use it, but please be nice to it :-)
> 
> // Heikki
> -- 
> Heikki Vatiainen                  * hessu@cs.tut.fi
> Tampere University of Technology  * http://www.cs.tut.fi/~hessu/
> Tampere, Finland
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