On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 03:44:38AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 22:18:51 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Robert Millan <rmh.debian....@aybabtu.com> > > > > * Package name : vsag > > Version : 0.0.1 > > Upstream Author : Robert Millan <rmh.deb...@aybabtu.com> > > * URL : not yet released > > * License : GPL > > Programming Lang: bash, make > > Description : Very Simple Archive Generator > > > > Vsag is a very simple program aimed at generating Debian archives out of > > a directory filled with packages. > > . > > It doesn't track state or manage the directory itself in any way. Its > > purpose is to provide a very simple method to generate the files normally > > provided by a Debian archive so that it can be used by programs like apt > > or debootstrap. > > Why not improve dpkg-scanpackages instead? What is there missing that > you'd need?
Not at all! dpkg-scanpackages works fine, in fact Vsag uses it to generate Packages files. But it does also a few other things: - Generates compressed Packages.{gz,bz2}. - Generates Release indexes. - Automated gpg signatures. - DAK-like dists/ directory structure (with per-architecture separation) - etc -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org