Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bredewlow, > > You have raised a number of important issues. However I think we need to > wait until Gordon finishes his proposal he is working on until we start > debating again, to ensure that we are all looking at the same set of > issues. Otherwise it gets too confusing for everybody involved. > > >Why do we have an architecture field at all? > > I think you will find Gordon has removed this field when he finishes > his proposal.
I will wait and see. Anyway, I have pretty much on my mind with my upcomming proposal about configuring debian packages. (ftp://mirjam.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/dpkg-config/ will start to fill with some deb files implementing my proposal) > >You don`t need to download anything. They would be link farms anyway. > >You would chose the directory descibing the selection of release, > >arch, os,... that suits your needs best and download that, while > >resolving the links therein. Also you could download the links and > >automatically download all packages that links point to that you don`t > >have already. > > FTP reorganisation may not be part of Gordon's initial proposal, but > one thing at a time, please! (I agree - I may have been at fault for > bringing up too many things at once before, however we probably should > stop it before it gets out of hand). Its not a reorganisation, just an additional tree that will hold only links. But important things first. May the Source be with you. Goswin
