[HN Gopher] Ultimate Debian Database
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Ultimate Debian Database
Author : susam
Score : 28 points
Date : 2020-12-30 18:53 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (wiki.debian.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (wiki.debian.org)
| paulproteus wrote:
| The official Ultimate Debian Database only allows Debian project
| members to access it. I co-maintain a mirror. Query and enjoy!
|
| psql "postgresql://udd-mirror:udd-mirror@udd-
| mirror.debian.net/udd"
|
| I wrote up its history recently:
| https://announce.asheesh.org/2020/11/the-ultimate-debian-dat...
|
| More info about the service: https://udd-mirror.debian.net/
| yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
| Ultimate _package_ database, I think? Granted, including
| maintainers, bugs, metadata, etc., but centered around the
| packages.
| monocasa wrote:
| I'd say a distro like Debian is nearly tautologically defined
| by it's packages.
| yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
| I suppose that's true of most distros (the partial exception
| being distros that are also defined by their package
| managers, ex. NixOS and Fedora Silverblue). That said, the
| packages don't cover everything around a distro; off the top
| of my head, it only partially covers people (yes maintainers,
| but people could be involved in other ways), and it appears
| to not cover events, funding, or documentation (ex. wiki
| stuff). I'm not saying that's a _fault_ , mind; even the
| existing database feels like a weird commingling of concerns
| to me, but <bikeshed> I wish they'd called it the Ultimate
| Debian Package Database or something </bikeshed>
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