Package: python-apt Version: 1.1.0~beta5 Severity: wishlist Hi,
In Britney, we are considering to add support for "by-hash" mirrors. In the current design of the "by-hash", the by-hash'ed files do not have the extenstion, so we would have to re-implement the decompression support from APT (which I would rather not, since APT handles this rather well for us at the moment). I see multiple ways to do this. The simpliest for me would be if the TagFile object supported two file names. The one to use for detecting the compression and a separate one, which is the actual path to open. Alternatives: * Pass the expected extention / compression algorithm as a separate parameter. * An object that reads an (In)Release file and that can be asked to open a TagFile for a given file listed in the (In)Release file (e.g. "main/binaries-amd64") I would love to see something like this in stretch, so we can add support for it in Britney soon. :) I am happy to assist with the parts I am able. Thanks, ~Niels
