On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:52:56 +0200 al3xu5 / dotcommon <dotcom...@autistici.org> wrote:
> hi > > many people often need updated informations about the gnewsense > repositories (sources.list entries, pubkeys, ...) to check/fix the > repositories they have in their sources.list and the corresponding > signatures > > so please let me suggest having a "gNS repositories reference page" on > the gnewsense website (better if in the main index), in order to: > - have a list of all the sources.list entries (all components: main, > security, updates, backports, ...) for each gNS release (deltad, deltad no longer has binary packages, so only source URIs would be available. > metad, ...) This will loose its public binaries a year or two after gns3 releases. > - have a list of all the corresponding signatures (linking the pubkeys > for downloading) > - have a changelog (maybe it could be the page history) changelog of repositories ?? > so the advantage having just such one place where put all the > repositories related infos should be either for developers (which > could put here all the infos, keep them updated, and use just links Developers change the repository info in python-apt, and only i have access to the signing keys. > writing to the gNS mailing lists) or for users (which could quickly > find all the updated references they need, without asking developers > or writing to the gNS mailing lists) We should really fix /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/sources.list and cite that. ( High priority bug, since it talks about debians non-free repos) https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29724 > to me, it seems to be a good idea but... > if it is not, please sorry :-) Its not a /bad/ idea, i'm just not sure duplicating the data is helpful. Other thoughts? kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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