Hi, On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 06:31:03PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 01:47:51 +0900 > Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I know there is a way to do it > > ??
dh_gencontrol as I posted in another message. As I remember, it was used before I adopted the maintenance of mant-guide. (before 2003) ... > > > Generally, that is not what you actually want to do. > > > > > > 1. The source for 1.0 has probably been removed by the archive software > > > so distributing 1.0 is now illegal. > > > > Are you sure? > > Yes. I run several repositories. Good. I do not do dak etc. I just want to make sure I use best method for upcoming updates in 21st century. ... > The problem gets worse with non-native packages when a new upstream > release is made. Keeping the gcc source package around for various > versions according to the state of various packages built from the gcc > source that haven't changed - I can't really see the ftpmasters liking > that idea. I do not know ftpmaster but this was initially done by someone who has access to the mater. Most developers like me is excluded from the master. > It is also hard to ensure that maintainers correctly synchronise the > packages - you'd need a whole new process to check the content that > would have been included against the content still packaged in the old > version. This is very valid concern. This was the reason I stopped using it. > I don't see that it is worth investigation at this stage and certainly > not on this list. Take it to debian-devel if you want to start work on > the various fixes and scripts that could be necessary to make it sane. I got your point. I have no intention to make more complicated solution. ... > > This way user will not be forced to download another documentation > > package in which only the version number is bumped. That is waiste for > > everyone and can not be solved by local mirror nor by local cache > > server. > > Of course it can - the local mirror is shared between various users and > those users can use rsync. rsync should work though. It just produces archive with some inconsistency as the parent mirror. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
