[repo-coord] Publicly submittable repository

Link Dupont link at subpop.net
Tue Apr 20 10:53:30 CEST 2004


Hey guys, I just came up with an idea I thought I might want to run by
the list, to see who might be interested.
I've recently gotten into Debian packaging, and the Debian community has
put together a public repository for packages not in the main
archive[1]. I was thinking that a site like this might be benificial to
those packagers who don't have server space or bandwidth, or don't have
enough packages to justify their own repository.
Obviously there would have to be some package QA as well as some general
guidelines that people would have to conform too, but not to a freedom
reducing degree. Package submission could be automated to a degree. I
think mentors.debian.net has automated submission of packages, but user
accounts are admin approved.
If I get enough positive response from this I will draft up a more
formal proposal. This would have to be a volunteer & cooperative effort.
For example, I do not have bandwidth nor server space to host anything,
but I am willing to put in time to develop a website & submission system
(possibly even package submission tools, like shell scripts and such
that upload).
So what do you guys think?

1: http://mentors.debian.net/




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