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-This is the README file for dak version -1.
-
dak is the collection of programs used to maintain the Debian
project's archives. It's not yet in a state where it can be easily
used by others; if you want something to maintain a small archive and
-apt-ftparchive (from apt-utils) is insufficent, I recommend you
-investigate mini-dinstall or debarchiver.
+apt-ftparchive (from the apt-utils package) is insufficient, I strongly
+recommend you investigate mini-dinstall, debarchiver or similar.
+However, if you insist on trying to try using dak, please read the
+documentation in 'doc/README.first'.
-There are some manpages and READMEs in the doc sub-directory. The
+There are some manual pages and READMEs in the doc sub-directory. The
TODO file is an incomplete list of things needing to be done.
+There's a mailing list for discussion, development of and help with
+dak. See:
+
+ http://lists.debian.org/debian-dak/
+
+for archives and details on how to subscribe.
+
dak is developed and used on Linux but will probably work under any
UNIX since it's almost entirely python and shell scripts.
--
James Troup <james@nocrew.org>, Horsforth, Leeds
-Fri, 29 Nov 2002 15:47:49 +0000
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