Bug#414621: RFA: mini-dinstall -- daemon for updating Debian packages in a repository
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-CC: gq@cs.msu.su
X-Debbugs-CC: alexbodn@012.net.il
Hi Alex, Alexander, everybody,
the mini-dinstall package is up for adoption.
Kind regards
T.
P.S.: If you intend to rely on me as a sponsor: I don't think making
*mini*-dinstall a daemon is a good idea. For some more technical
opinions of mine, see #385289.
The package description is:
This program implements a miniature version of the "dinstall" program
which installs packages in the Debian archive. It doesn't require a
PostgreSQL database, and is very easy to set up, maintain, and use.
mini-dinstall can be run via cron, or as a daemon.
.
This package is expressly designed for personal apt repositories, and
the like. In this vein, it contains fewer sanity checks; for
example, it will happily install a lower version of a package. You
can also generally just 'rm' files from the repository, and
mini-dinstall won't care. In fact, (when run as a daemon) it will
automatically detect that the directory changed, and update the
Packages file.
--
Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/
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