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Bug#817803: marked as done (please specify metadata-by-hash)

Your message dated Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:33:13 +0100
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has caused the Debian Bug report #817803,
regarding please specify metadata-by-hash
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Package: apt
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-dak@lists.debian.org

Hi,

apt supports content-addressed metadata files (Translations, Packages, Sources, ..).

With this feature, we can have significantly more robust Debian mirrors.

Please provide a spec of what apt expects from the archive so our friendly
ftpteam can implement this archive side.

Thanks,

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Hi,

(never tried sending a mail to two bugs while closing one of them…
lets see how that goes – and sorry already for all the breakage caused)

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 03:33:12PM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> Please provide a spec of what apt expects from the archive so our friendly
> ftpteam can implement this archive side.

I have updated the wiki-spec to include a paragraph about by-hash,
please everyone feel free to extend/correct/replace it as spec writing
isn't my strong suite – and its a wiki after all…

==> https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat
- https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat#Acquire-By-Hash
- https://wiki.debian.org/RepositoryFormat#indices_acquisition_via_hashsums_.28by-hash.29

Sidenote: I also added documentation for the server/client requirements
for the arch:all splitout in Contents (and co) and [later?] Packages.


And to paraphrase Knuth:
Beware of bugs in the above spec/apt; I have only guessed the behaviour
from testcases we once wrote for apt, not actually tried it.


With that text I consider apts part of the deal done, so I am closing
the bugreport, but if there is anything else we should provide or if
questions remained open feel free to reopen/ask.


Best regards

David Kalnischkies

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