On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:12:08PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Adam DiCarlo wrote: > > Well, before I venture on this, is there a way we can store certain > > data in control.tar.gz or something but without bloating the Packages > > file? > No.
Well, strictly, there obviously is: postinsts don't end up in Packages.gz after all. It doesn't make any sense for this though. > It is relevant to the discusison though.. do we want to bloat the > Packages file with usptream author & homepage information as well? The Packages file is mainly meant to be all the information you should need to work out whether you want to install a package or not: description, what other packages you need, a file name to download, etc. A "More-Info-URL:" field might make sense here in that it'd let you find out more about the package, see screeenshots and so forth. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``Australian Linux Lovefest Heads West'' -- linux.conf.au, Perth W.A., 22nd-25th January 2003
