debmirror 1:1.0 source package in Debian

Changelog

debmirror (1:1.0) unstable; urgency=low


  * Switch to more common versioning scheme; requires an epoch.
  * Clarify version of GPL (version 2 or later).
  * Update periods of activity for various maintainers of the script both
    in the perl script and in the debian/copyright file.
  * Set more accurate versioned build dependency on debhelper.
  * Apply patch from Kees Cook to make parsing of Packages/Sources files a bit
    less fragile. Closes: #451021.
  * Add sanity check after parsing Packages/Sources files to avoid completely
    deleting a mirror in case of unexpected errors (#451021, #435663).
  * Debian mirrors no longer keep uncompressed packages files; don't include
    them on the local mirror either.
  * Apply patch from A. Mennucc for more efficient removal of empty
    directories. Closes: #453091.
  * Various improvements of the man page for:
    - the --getcontents switch; with thanks to Slaven Rezic; closes: #524967
    - example commands; with thanks to Karl Goetz; closes: #491326
    - debmirror.conf configuration file and example
  * Don't fetch Contents files if they are already up-to-date (#436027).
  * Remove reduntant slashes in paths from Package files. Closes: #471946.
    Thanks to Raphael Hertzog for the patch.
  * Update tables showing archive size in man page, using new mirror-size
    script. Closes: #498541.
  * Automatically create and update suite->codename symlinks based on info in
    the Release file. Directories for dists will always have the codename of
    the release. Conversion of existing mirrors that use suites for directories
    is supported. See also NEWS.Debian. Closes: #426170.

 -- Frans Pop <email address hidden>  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:43:39 +0200