I ran in to this issue, too.
If the package search functionality isn't going to be restored right
way, I think it would be a good idea to add a warning note (or even
disable the "View the packages" links and search forms entirely) on
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
Also, it would be good to add some note to the "error page" that comes
up when one attemps to access a page on packages.debian.org to indicate
an estimated timeline for the fix. (Right now, that page just has a
link to the original news release dated Nov 21, 2003, which seems pretty
"stale" even in light of the warning that service restoration will "take
some time" [especially since an annoucement was made on Dec 17 that
the web site (www.debian.org) was "resurrected"].)
Thanks.
Nathan
p.s. if that error page isn't going away soon, it would be nice to have
a more direct link to info on the "findpkg" that is mentioned... I
searched Google for "findpkg debian" but didn't see any links that
seemed appropriate (i.e. would help me search the Debian distributions
for particular packages, as I used to do on this web site).
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