Joey Hess wrote: > >I've been maintaining debmirror since we lost fjp. But moving to a cabin >with dialup internet shortly after adopting a mirror program turns out >to be a bad idea for developing it (though a nice use-case for using >it). So I'm seeking comaintainer(s). All that's needed is basic perl, >and an understanding of how the archive is laid out. Source is in >collab-maint git so you already have commit access. > >Some examples of changes that need to be made: > >* mirror per-section Contents files #637442 >* More robust i18n/Index file parsing. Alternatively, find a way to not > need to parse those files. #644609 >* support InRelease files #644609 > >debmirror could use some refactoring of cruft accumulated over the >years, but I may not be the one to do it, since every time I think about >that I have an urge to rewrite it in haskell.
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