On Wednesday 14 September 2005 05:23, Johnny Hughes wrote: > The more I look at this problem, the more I see that a local repo > maintained by the local user is the right answer. It works right now, > requires no changes, and let's you control EXACTLY what you want in your > repo (including files from other places in a single repo). > You can freeze package xxxxx and it dependencies as you see fit, and add > only tested packages to the repo. It is just the right way to do > version control if you don't want to just use the version control that > is published by the repo maintainer. Sounds like an opportunity for someone to write a local repo management app that can pick rsync repos to mirror, selectively freeze packages, and such. This would be nice. -- Lamar Owen Director of Information Technology Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu