On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Guillem Jover wrote: > I guess we could have a discussion about the possibility/advantages of > having one index file (ex. Packages) containing exclusively machine > consumable metadata (for package managers), to favour small/embedded > systems, and another one with user consumable metadata. Because these > could be recombined by high-level package managers if desired, think > the distinction between apt and aptitude for example, or apt with an > option. The first fields that come to mind could be Homepage, > Maintainer and Description (and for the latter this has already happened > somewhat). But then this does not require a split in the source format, > but only in the archive indices, and possibly in the package managers > frontends.
Splitting up Packages and Sources into stuff needed by different audiences (dpkg/apt, PackageKit, buildds, users, developers etc) is something that I have wanted to see for years. Having additional metadata from popcon, debian/upstream and other sources would be excellent too. I would encourage the authors of DEP-11 and DEP-12 to join forces and come up with a comprensive proposal covering Packages/Source audience splitup and metadata extraction from various sources. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6FN7ER11e7Q8hSPzyVWn6_H6q2dEM2rp=sdhmh5fh3...@mail.gmail.com
