Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It could probably be done with HTTP, using cgi scripts (i dont know much > about this), that way standard clients can be used to retrieve pieces of > the Packages's file by putting the querry in the url.
And then you get the solution which has been mentioned before but not commented on much: Packages contains package names, versions and pointers (filenames) to the rest of the package metadata. I you want information about a particular package, download the file containing the metadata for that package. Then you don't have to download stuff you're not interested in, and you don't have to re-download all the metadata for packages which haven't changed. -- Sam "Eddie" Couter | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Developer | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP fingerprint: A46B 9BB5 3148 7BEA 1F05 5BD5 8530 03AE DE89 C75C
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