User story: I am a prospective end-user. I want to see what is different between two repositories, so I can choose one.
User story: I am a prospective contributor. I want to see what is different between two repositories, so I can contribute changes to minimize the delta (if appropriate).
Suggested solution:
A report that lists the differences between two given repositories. A non-exhaustive list of sections might be:
Newer in X
Newer in Y
Patch differences
Unique in X
Unique in Y
Identical packages (for completeness)
Notes:
I'm not sure if "Patch differences" makes sense or can be implemented. I'm trying to distinguish between simple version differences (release 1.0 versus 1.1) and patches (release 1.1 versus release 1.1-with-foo-enabled).
User story: I am a prospective end-user. I want to see what is different between two repositories, so I can choose one.
User story: I am a prospective contributor. I want to see what is different between two repositories, so I can contribute changes to minimize the delta (if appropriate).
Suggested solution:
A report that lists the differences between two given repositories. A non-exhaustive list of sections might be:
Notes:
I'm not sure if "Patch differences" makes sense or can be implemented. I'm trying to distinguish between simple version differences (release 1.0 versus 1.1) and patches (release 1.1 versus release 1.1-with-foo-enabled).
Some parts of this are already achievable, for example https://repology.org/projects/?inrepo=debian_experimental¬inrepo=debian_testing fulfils "Unique in X"