Richard Reinick <[email protected]> wrote Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:21:28 +0100:
> I need the *.debian.tar.gz and *.dsc files from pool/main/* for all > versions of the respective packages, in other words the metadata files > of the packages. Additionally, I need information on when a package > was part of the stable, testing, and unstable branches of a Debian > version. For this, I require the changelogs and the package lists > located under /dists/<stable, testing, unstable>/. > > I am unsure about the total volume of data I need to download. > > If possible, I would gladly request a copy of the database. The database in the context of the snapshot service is the snapshot metadata kept in an SQL database, currently about 100G (on disk). The actual packages are kept in what's called the farm which currently weighs in at 184T. Cf. https://salsa.debian.org/snapshot-team/snapshot/-/blob/master/README The snapshot metadata alone might help you but I suspect that you will want more. Are you aware of https://metasnap.debian.net/?
