On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 07:14:08PM -0600, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > I wouldn't quite say that. It is difficult to put it that way, because > several (most?) source packages produce several binary packages. For > example, the source package libitpp produces binary packages > libitpp-dev, libitpp6gf, libitpp6-dbg and libitpp-doc, all of which > are being recounted. You would also recount multiple versions of > several packages, like libraries (libnet0, libnet1 along with their > *-dev packages). You also count several Debian native packages; while > some of them (like ikiwiki) are generic, others (like dpkg) are Debian > (derivative) specific. You have counted 67 packages which begin with > iceweasel-l10n-. There are several such cases you have to look out for > and decide whether to include in your search or not. > > As far as I can see, there isn't any unambiguous way by which you can > arrive at an exact number, though you can estimate it if you account > for the things I mention (and other problems).
Here is set of numbers made available by FTP Master Joerg Jaspert in each flavour (experimental, stable, testing, proposed-updates etc.) http://ftp-master.debian.org/~joerg/pkg-nums Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
