Emdebian uses a filter to select packages from the main Debian repositories that are considered useful to embedded devices, excluding the majority of packages. The results of processing the filter are automated but maintaining the filter list is manual. This project seeks to automate certain elements of the filtering process to cope with three specific conditions:
1. Packages which have been removed from Debian need to be removed from the filter - on a per suite basis. 2. Packages which have been added to Debian to meet the dependency requirements of other packages already in the filter need to be added to the filter. 3. Packages need to migrate from unstable into testing in a manner that ensures that all dependencies are met in each suite. Original idea [0] (arising from the addition of Emdebian to Debian Weather [1]) and Debian Wiki page [2] (there is one potential student already interested - Ricardo O'Donell). (As a result of the ftp-master issues and the resulting backlog, the current weather in Emdebian Grip is indicative of how useful this proposal will be to Emdebian generally. Our current tasks simply take too long.) [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-embedded/2010/03/msg00060.html [1] http://edos.debian.net/weather/ [2] http://wiki.debian.org/RicardoO%27Donell/Package_Repository_Analysis_and_Migration_Automation http://socghop.appspot.com/user/show/codehelp -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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