[Mycroft] URL scheme for package-search on debian.org changed

Ralph Plawetzki ralph at plawetzki.net
Tue Sep 11 08:35:55 PDT 2007


Dear list,

debian.org has changed some schemes for submitting requests for 
packages. The search engine plugins for firefox use the former schemes.
Debian Package Search by Name e.g. uses 
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=java-package&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all
and leeds to the following error: You reached this site over an old URL. 
Depending on the exact parameters your search might work or not.

The new scheme for this request seems to be: 
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=java-package&searchon=names&suite=stable&section=all

I could see the change of schemes for the following search engine plugins:
Debian Package Contents Search
Debian Package Search - Name
Debian Package Search - Name & Desc

Could you please check that?

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Ralph



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