I had a closer look at apt-portal at https://launchpad.net/apt-portal
To me this sounds like exactly something we're looking for: ------------- APT-Portal is a web content management system that retrieves information from a Debian APT repository and presents an application list on a user friendly format. The APT-Portal will use a Debian APT repository Packages file at it's master data source, the data will be automatically imported into a database, additional information related to packages and contained applications can be provided using human and/or automated sources. Users do not frequently search for packages, but most frequently for applications, on this assumption the information presentation will be centered around applications. The following features will be implemented: General Features: - Automated packages information import/update from Packages(.gz,/.bz2) files - Packages classification (main, optional, additional) - Translation support for the site template - List recent changes to the repository (with apturl feeds) - Support for packages/applications descriptions translation - AJAX filter/search for names, descriptions and tags Application Information - Extended Description - Best suited for web presentation, unlike the debian packages description - Screenshots - APTURLs for: main package, optional packages, additional packages. - etc.. ------------- What else do we need?! To me it looks like that someone with skills could try this in one night and present the results with packages from a repository the next day.. Later on, some modification is required to support other file types, not only debian-style Packages. r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community