On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:21:24AM +0530, sanket agarwal wrote: > Hi all, > > We all know that there are various distro's that build around Debian. > I had an idea in mind whereby the task of making mirrors for personal > distributions can be automated. This can be stated as: if a person > wants to keep a customised set of packages for usage with the > distribution, the tool should be able to develop dependencies, fetch > packages, generate appropriate documentation and then create the > corresponding directory structure in the target mirror! The task can > be extended to include packages which are currently not under one of > the standard mirrors! > > I think the tool can have immense utility in helping people automate > the task of mantaining the repositories. Suggestions, positive and > negative are invited. > > I have not included the impl details as I would first like to evaluate > the idea at a feasibility and utility level.
repropro is one of the tools that can help you maintain such a modified pool. Note that you'll have to re-sign the generated repository yourself. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org