Re: [Gnewsense-dev] suggestion: sources.list reference webpage

[Sam Geeraerts]

Karl Goetz schreef:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:52:56 +0200
> al3xu5 / dotcommon <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > hi
> >
> > many people often need updated informations about the gnewsense
> > repositories (sources.list entries, pubkeys, ...) to check/fix the
> > repositories they have in their sources.list and the corresponding
> > signatures
> >
> > so please let me suggest having a "gNS repositories reference page" on
> > the gnewsense website (better if in the main index), in order to:
> > - have a list of all the sources.list entries (all components: main,
> >   security, updates, backports, ...) for each gNS release (deltad,
>
> deltad no longer has binary packages, so only source URIs would be
> available.
>
> >   metad, ...)
>
> This will loose its public binaries a year or two after gns3 releases.

So relevant for at least another two years.

> > - have a list of all the corresponding signatures (linking the pubkeys
> >   for downloading)
> > - have a changelog (maybe it could be the page history) 
>
> changelog of repositories ??

As in the recent metad/updates change. But those changes are only 
interesting when they happen, not a few months after. They get announced 
on the mailing list, so I don't see a need for a changelog.

> > so the advantage having just such one place where put all the
> > repositories related infos should be either for developers (which
> > could put here all the infos, keep them updated, and use just links
>
> Developers change the repository info in python-apt, and only i have
> access to the signing keys.

I guess al3xu5 means developers in the broad sense, including user support.

> > writing to the gNS mailing lists) or for users (which could quickly
> > find all the updated references they need, without asking developers
> > or writing to the gNS mailing lists)
>
> We should really fix /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/sources.list and cite
> that. ( High priority bug, since it talks about debians non-free repos)
> https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29724

Also a bug in deltah, it seems: 
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29729

> > to me, it seems to be a good idea but... 
> > if it is not, please sorry :-)
>
> Its not a /bad/ idea, i'm just not sure duplicating the data is
> helpful. Other thoughts?

I don't remember any questions about the keys (apart from when they 
expired), so when we have the example sources.list I don't see a need to 
put something on the wiki. Anyone is free to do it anyway, of course. If 
that happens and it turns out there's a real use for it then we can 
still move it to www.