On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:45:33PM -0500, dman wrote: > Today I wanted to look for (new version of) a package that apt-cache > policy said didn't exist, but I had reason to believe it did. I > wanted to look at "incoming"[1]. I think "incoming" is > http://incoming.debian.org, but I didn't see the package there this > morning. Is this the correct place to look? (apt-cache shows the > package in sid now and I see it in incoming too)
http://incoming.debian.org/ is correct. Be careful always to check the GPG signature and MD5sums in the .changes and .dsc files before installing packages from there, though, as incoming is world-writeable and the point when it's checked that packages come from a Debian developer is when they're moved out of incoming. > The other thing I want to know is who uploaded the package. I'm just > curious as to whether it was the maintainer or if it was an NMU[2]. The GPG signature will tell you that. Also, NMUs should have a Debian revision containing a decimal point (e.g. 1.2.0-1.1). > [1] my understanding is that "incoming" is where uploads take place, > then some scripts move them to sid (and eventually woody) periodically That's right. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
