[Debian-med-packaging] Question about proper archive area for packages that require big data for operation

[Olivier Sallou]

On 04/24/2013 04:02 PM, Laszlo Kajan wrote:
> Hello Didier!
>
> On 24/04/13 09:32, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
>> Le mardi, 23 avril 2013 12.23:23, Andreas Tille a écrit :
>>> I would even go that far that it might make sense to package these data
>>> and upload it to demonstrate that we should *really* create a solution
>>> for such cases if they will increase in the number and size of data
>>> packages.
>> Isn't that what data.debian.org is supposed to be(come) ?
>>
>> 	* http://ftp-master.debian.org/wiki/projects/data/
>> 	* http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/09/msg00692.html
> Thanks for pointing this out, I didn't know about this. This would work very well for the 'metastudent' (and other of the same kind) data. A
> policy change (point 'We need to change policy.' of [1]) could be initiated, as Russ Allbery noted before [2]. But - data.debian.org does not
> (yet) exist, does it?
sounds idea is quite old (2009) but did not progress. Could be the
opportunity to relaunch it.
> [1] http://ftp-master.debian.org/wiki/projects/data/
> [2] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-med-packaging/2013-April/019320.html
>
> Laszlo
>
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