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@@ -130,3 +130,21 @@ otherwise differentiating the two. A useful heuristic could be: Everything else is probably broken packaging and not worth the hassle. + +== new "manydiffs" architecture == + +DSA is currently working on creating an official snapshot.debian.org +service, which contains a historical archive of all packages ever +uploaded into debian. obviously this has some interesting implications +for a service like this. + +=== Modelling changes === + +the current model is completely release (or ftp-archive) centric, +where packages are tightly associated with the respective release of +the package, and information is lost some time after the package is +superceded or otherwise removed from a debian release (the caching +implementation extends the life just a bit, but still...). In the +new system, packages *may* have an association with a specific release, +or they may not. + |