On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 21:44:32, Greg Minshall wrote: > would it be possible to (put on the list to) provide at some point a > "packages-versions.gz"? or, even, "packages-versions-descriptions.gz"? > (though the former is probably of more general use.)
It's possible and I am fine with doing that. However, we won't regenerate those files too often and you'll have to accept that they will be slightly out of date. If a lot of people start downloading these files, we might need to consider using CDN/mirrors.