New apt-repomd snapshot + other apt-rpm news

Panu Matilainen <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:44:52 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.conectiva.apt-rpm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I've uploaded a new snapshot of the work-in-progress apt-repomd branch:
http://laiskiainen.org/apt/testing/apt-repomd-16032006.tar.bz2

Changes since the 10032006 snapshot:
- checksums are now verified for repository metadata and packages from
both old apt repositories and repomd=20
- fix from Ville Skytt=C3=A4 to make it build with gcc-4.1
- don't crash on duplicate sources.list entries
- debugging output junk removed

So, nothing too dramatic but steady progress anyway :)

In the other news of the day, apt-rpm maintainership is now officially
mine. I've talked to Gustavo and Mandriva contacts and both wished me
good luck with it :) This will eventually mean some infrastructure
changes since I don't want to depend on Mandrivas (former Conectiva in
case you don't remember) resources for a project they're no longer
interested in. When I get around to it, there'll be a new mailing list
and web pages for apt-rpm, will post details here when the time comes.
For the time being, just consider http://laiskiainen.org/apt/releases/
the new official upstream for apt-rpm sources and
http://laiskiainen.org/apt/testing/ for experimental snapshots and such.

Oh and if somebody is itching to create new spiffy home pages for
apt-rpm, help on that front is more than welcome, I'm not much into html
myself.

	- Panu -