Open Freed-Wu opened 1 year ago
Will you elaborate on the differences between termux-pacman and the official APT repository? It seems to me, at first glance, mostly duplicate content (only packaged in another format).
@Maxython
Will you elaborate on the differences between termux-pacman and the official APT repository? It seems to me, at first glance, mostly duplicate content (only packaged in another format).
Even though the pacman service and apt have the same content, it is a bit wrong to think that the pacman service is a duplicate (there are 3 main reasons).
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and files
). Signature link.Hope this answers your question. And since I manage pacman services, I wanted to know more about your mirror service.
Hi @Maxython, thank you for the explanation. My considerations are:
How many users this new mirror repository can benefit. Since our storage capacity isn't infinite, we want our service to benefit as many users as possible. So in general, we favor projects with a larger user base than those highly domain-specific.
At present, I have no idea how popular termux-pacman is, compared to other projects that already have a mirror request pending.
Whether it is substantially different from an existing repository. We've decided that most RHEL clones (CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux etc.) are not, and put all requests about them on hold.
I am not convinced that the usual repositories (main, x11, root) are substantially different from the official deb packages. Until this can be demonstrated, it's unlikely that we look favorably upon this project as a mirroring candidate.
At present, I have no idea how popular termux-pacman is, compared to other projects that already have a mirror request pending.
It's hard for me to say how popular the pacman service (or more precisely the pacman-for-termux project) is, since I don't do any analysis. But I can say with confidence that the project is becoming more and more popular.
I am not convinced that the usual repositories (main, x11, root) are substantially different from the official deb packages. Until this can be demonstrated, it's unlikely that we look favorably upon this project as a mirroring candidate.
The main, x11 and root repositories contain the same packages as in the official termux service, only everything is in pacman format and signed by termux-pacman.
To be honest, the pacman service isn't ready to be mirrored yet. It needs to be finalized to a full-fledged site.
@iBug, here are some statistics for you so that you understand how popular the project is:
Are there any news?
It seems like this repository has very scarce interest and utility. At this level of activity, it's unlikely that we will consider mirroring this sometime soon. I'll leave this open for future reference.
项目介绍 / Project Introduction
Support for pacman packages in termux
上游地址及镜像方式 / Upstream location & mirror method
https://termux-pacman.github.io/
为什么希望添加该镜像 / Why do you want we to add this mirror
ustclug has owned a mirror of termux. May be termux-pacman can also be supported? TIA!
其他信息 / Extra information
Related issues: