[maemo-developers] Extras repository

[From: Graham Cobb]

As we sort out the repository mess and get more packages moved into extras 
(and extras-devel) it would be useful to have any easy way to see what is in 
those repositories.

As an example, we currently have a problem where gpe-calendar won't install if 
the claws repository is enabled by the user.  The problem is a 
misconfiguration in the claws repository (it advertises a newer version of 
libgpg-error0 than any other repository but the file itself is missing, so 
packages dependent on libgpg-error0 cannot be installed).  The actual problem 
should be reported in the claws bugzilla.  But the reason for raising it here 
is that, in fact, libgpg-error0 is in extras!  So, really, none of us should 
have copies of it in our own repositories at all!

As we get more packages in extras and extras-devel we should all be moving 
away from including shared packages in our own repositories, even if we have 
good reasons for maintaining those repositories longer term (for example, I 
will retain my GPE daily SVN build repository -- those packages are not 
tested and would normally only be of interest to GPE developers).

It might be easier to do this if there was an easier way to see what was in 
extras and extras-devel.  Of course, it is always possibly to download the 
package file or use "apt-cache policy" to see if a package is there, but 
would it be possible to have an easier mechanism?  For example, a page which 
just summarised the list of packages?  or maybe a mailing list which sends 
out a message every time a new package is added?

Graham