Debian team: Please read the below information to understand the
background of this email. Is the Debian Packages Search
(https://packages.debian.org/index) (with "*Section: main*") searching
though *Sources* (extracted from
ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian11.6/main/source/Sources.gz) ? Or
are the package entries in *Sources* split into dedicated entries
designed for the search engine?
On 01/04/2023 11:53, David Hedlund wrote:
On 01/04/2023 11:32, David Hedlund wrote:
Wouldn't it be ideal if we coded a Mediawiki/SMW-compatible search
engine for the Debian metadata repository files that is operating
like apt-cache show ?
This should be the quickest way to update the Directory on a daily
basis, and we don't even need the Directory Import Project anymore if
it works. We just need to download the Debian metadata repository
files like GNU/Linux distros.
Example with apt-cache show:
$ sudo apt-cache show yapet
Package: yapet
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3-1build2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Salvatore Bonaccorso <car...@debian.org>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1424
Depends: libargon2-1 (>= 0~20171227), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>=
3.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2),
libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/main/y/yapet/yapet_2.3-1build2_amd64.deb
Homepage: https://yapet.guengel.ch/
Size: 296564
SHA256: a0c697ee25d540e53f8e8285419a6da3896857be96330531a2769502f420ce58
SHA1: dd1e8153ecd802afbd3e1daf0be7a36b875a385b
MD5sum: 2c97bd2b178de3171be3bc4b35659196
Description: Yet Another Password Encryption Tool
Yapet is a curses based password encryption tool using the Blowfish
encryption algorithm to store password records encrypted on disk. Its
primary aim is to provide a safe way to store passwords in a file on
disk while having a small footprint.
Description-md5: 1667392a25684f36cc6c3594758eeb8a
Example output with a Mediawiki/SMW-compatible search engine:
* Check for new updates of
ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian11.6/main/source/Sources.gz on
daily basis. Download it if it's new, and extract it. Sources.gz only
contains a file called *Sources*.
* With the hypothesized search engine Retrive info from *Sources*
about the package yapet
* Format the output like https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/YAPET
Perhaps it's even possible to combine apt-cache show with a search
engine. For example, if someone is visiting
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/YAPET
* With PHP, use https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php
to execute apt-cache show (in this case apt-cache show yapet) but
nothing else -- I know that MediaWiki is preventing you from doing
this, but perhaps it won't take more development effort than the
Directory Import Project scripts?
* Format the output from apt-cache show yapet, so it's looking like
the current https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/YAPET
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