Re: package information tracker similar to packages.debian.org?
Hallo,
* Patrick Schleizer [Sun, Jan 03 2021, 10:09:16AM]:
> Which Open Source options exist to host something similar to
> packages.debian.org/nano for a Debian derivative? I.e. an APT web
> frontend showing information about packages such as package short
> description, long description, version number, dependencies, etc.
>
> I already got an APT package repository (created using reprepro). All
> the necessary metadata is in the APT package metadata (or deb packages).
> Now looking for a tool to transform that information into html for a
> decent representation on the web.
>
> The content generator used by packages.debian.org/nano etc. itself
> (which also apparently Ubuntu is using as packages.ubuntu.co/nano) seems
> rather complex to setup with apache and whatnot what I would like to
> avoid. [1]
>
> Devuan's pkginfo.devuan.org looks decent. Example [2]. But I couldn't
> find the source code or installation instructions for it yet.
+Cc debian-www ML, they might now.
Best regards,
Eduard.
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