Status of packages.debian.org - new scripts installed
Yesterday the new packages.d.o scripts were installed. They include many
improvements and fix a few bugs (BCCed XXX-done@ with this mail):
* Contain information about non-i386 packages
Closes: #21620: packages.debian.org: download.pl: package download pages
should support multiple architectures
Closes: #23350 merged bug
Closes: #83701: packages.debian.org: pages should say on what platforms
has a package been compiled
Closes: #131631: packages.debian.org: pages for non-i386 packages are
missing
Closes: #141618, #146675, #220218 merged bugs
Closes: #215999: packages.debian.org: source not found if i386 is
outdated
* Include DDTP translations
* Better parsing/using of input data
Closes: #109338: packages.debian.org: display the installed size, too
Closes: #135220: packages.debian.org: non-US, non-US/contrib and
non-US/non-free mixed together
Closes: #202157: packages.debian.org: pages should list uploaders
Closes: #208513: gcc 2.95.4 source has disappeared
* Handle virtual packages
Closes: #155346: packages.debian.org: Please include virtual package
names when listing dependencies.
Closes: #204099: packages.debian.org: expanding virtual packages can lead
to doubled dependencies
* Create an alternative compressed text list of all packages
Closes: #177669: packages.debian.org: allpackages.html lists are too big
* Minor fixes:
Closes: #125976: packages.debian.org: it shouldn't print header for
related packages when none of them exist
Closes: #162588: packages.debian.org: please add a last-modified timezone
Closes: #219653: packages.d.o/experimental/ table formatting bug Closes:
#221114: packages.debian.org: Spelling error in packages overview
I will leave "#224143: www.debian.org: Packages.debian.org still not
restored" open until search_packages is back, too.
Special thanks to Joey for his work to get this done and to Joy for his
feedback while writing the scripts.
Gruesse,
Frank Lichtenheld
Reply to: