Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> Is there a reason for storing those file at this place? I only see
> disadvantages.

first, debian does it that way and for some people it's important to
replicate the same alike repositories.

second, it's nifty for mirroring. you can rsync over the whole
repository, and exclude the submodules in dists and pool you don't want,
and be done with it. no error prone and crappy packages.gz/sources.gz
parsing that tools like debmirror need to do and often break or choke up
with.

Regards,
Daniel

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