Am Dienstag, den 27.03.2007, 23:41 +0100 schrieb Magnus Holmgren: > DebPool is a Debian package archiver written in Perl by Joel Aelwyn > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Like mini-dinstall it's a lightweight replacement > for "the real deal" that manages Debian's package archive, but unlike > mini-dinstall it uses a full pool layout. The current version is 0.2.3 and > it's in the experimental distribution.
There was a large discussion about debpool and debarchiver, involving Joel, Ola and several users/code writers. If you are interested, I can send you the discussion. > Since I liked it very much I immediately started adding and rewriting code > and > submitting my suggestions for improvement to the BTS, but unfortunately Joel > seems to be gone; he hasn't uploaded anything or commented on any bugs for > over eight months. I don't want debpool to die, especially not with all the > hours I spent on it... Just a suggestion: Ask him to create a project on alioth and add you to the project. The last time I heard of him, he didn't want to let debpool die, but lacked time. Did you try to contact him directly? > I could of course fork it (except that it wouldn't really be a fork since I'd > continue in the same general direction, and also it isn't much of a fork > unless the original branch continues to grow), but first I'd like to ask if > anyone else has an interest in this package and could think of cooperating > with me. popcon doesn't show many installations, but the discussion showed, that there were several people having interest in debpool/debarchiver. Regards, Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
