On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:57:50PM +0100, Sylvain LE GALL wrote: > Hello, > > > Well, i have begun work on a little source snapshot tool (it takes a > > given list of binary packages and version, transform them to source > > version, and should go download the corresponding sources at > > snapshot.debian.org, but i didn't finish it). Goswin also has some ocaml > > tools for making debian mirrors, or something such. There is also ara in > > the archive, altough i don't remember who wrote it. > > > > Maybe it is time for writing a common ocaml library for interaction with > > ocaml packages list and such, should not be all that difficult, but > > would beat having everyone implement their own version of it. > > > > Take a look at pkg-ocaml-maint/dh-make-ocaml/lib. I think you should > like PackageName for example which try to guess package type from name ( > or to fetch it from a little DB ). It also includes type > OcamlBaseVPackage OcamlVPackage...
Mmm, i think what i was working on was a bit different (parsing the Packages file, getting the source from the binary, getting the right version from snapshot.debian.org), but it is complementary, i will decidely look into this. > I also have think to it ;-> Great idea, but need a lot of time. But, like Tolkien said, it is the first step which starts long journeys (well not exactly that way, but still). Friendly, Sven Luther
