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Author: parazyd <parazyd@dyne.org>
Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 21:56:43 +0200
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| A | doc/HACKING.md |  |  | 50 | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | 
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| A | lib/fs.py |  |  | 33 | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | 
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+clean:
+	rm -f **/*.pyc
diff --git a/amprolla-init b/amprolla-init
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# copyright (c) 2017 - Ivan J. <parazyd@dyne.org>
+# see LICENSE file for copyright and license details
+
+import os
+#import re
+import requests
+import sys
+import threading
+
+import lib.config as config
+import lib.delta as delta
+import lib.fs as fs
+import lib.net as net
+from lib.log import die, notice, warn, cleanexit
+
+
+def popDirs():
+    paths = fs.crawl()
+
+    notice("creating initial directory structure")
+    for i in range(0, len(paths)):
+        baseurl = "http://" + "/".join([config.repos[i]["host"], config.repos[i]["dists"]])
+        basepath = "/".join([config.amprolla["spooldir"], config.repos[i]["dists"]])
+
+        for j in paths[config.repos[i]["name"]]:
+            suiteurl = "/".join([baseurl, j])
+            suitepath = "/".join([basepath, j])
+            if not os.path.exists(suitepath):
+                os.makedirs(suitepath)
+
+            for k in config.mainrepofiles:
+                relurl = "/".join([suiteurl, k])
+                relfile = "/".join([suitepath, k])
+                if not os.path.isfile(relfile):
+                    net.download(relurl, relfile)
+
+            try:
+                with open(suitepath + "/Release", "rb") as frel:
+                    rels = frel.read()
+                relmap = delta.parseRel(rels)
+            except IOError:
+                warn("no Release file for %s" % suitepath)
+
+            try:
+                for k in relmap:
+                    if relmap[k] == "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855":
+                        continue   # ^ this is /dev/null
+                    fileurl = "/".join([suiteurl, k])
+                    filepath = "/".join([suitepath, k])
+                    if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(filepath)):
+                        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filepath))
+                    if not os.path.isfile(filepath):
+                        net.download(fileurl, filepath)
+            except TypeError:
+                warn("Typeerror")
+
+def merge():
+    for i in config.amprolla["mergedsubdirs"]:
+        mdir = "/".join([config.amprolla["mergedir"], i])
+        if not os.path.exists(mdir):
+            os.makedirs(mdir)
diff --git a/doc/HACKING.md b/doc/HACKING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+* an older spool directory hierarchy, for testing the merging:
+  https://pub.parazyd.cf/tmp/spool.tgz (2GB)
+
+
+workflow
+--------
+
+`amprolla-init` creates the `spool` directory hierarchy. This hierarchy
+is the untouched repositories we want to merge. They can be found in
+`lib/config.py` in the `repos` dict.
+
+`fs.crawl()` takes the info from `config.py` and generates the paths we
+use to figure out what to download. Then `popDirs()` in `amprolla-init`
+uses these paths to actually create the directory structure and download
+the `Release` files from there. (NOTE: at a final point it should also
+check the gpg signatures from the `InRelease` file)
+
+After the Release files are downloaded, they are parsed for their
+contents and all the files they list are downloaded in series (possibly
+should be parallel).
+
+So now we have all the files we need to create a merge.
+
+
+
+The merge will be done in the `merged/` directory. To do a successful
+merge, these are the points that need to be accomplished:
+
+	* we must skip packages that are in `config.py/amprolla.banpkgs`
+	* for each `binary-$arch` we must create a new `Packages` file,
+	  containing our merge:
+		* we parse every package and fill in a dict
+		* first priority 0, then 1, then 2, etc...
+		* if a package already exists from a higher-priority repo - it
+		  gets skipped
+		* (NOT SURE): if a package from `banpkgs` is in a package's
+		  dependency list - that package gets skipped
+		* once we've finished the iteration, we dump a new Packages file
+		  from the updated dict
+
+
+
+After the initial merge, we need to watch for updates. My idea is to
+make amprolla pool the above-mentioned Release files as they contain
+enough metadata for us to find out what changed. They also contain a
+date entry so we can see if there was actually an update without digging
+too deep.
+
+So if we figure out there was an update, we download the new file, parse
+it into a dict and compare it to the old version of that file/dict.
diff --git a/doc/dan-notes b/doc/dan-notes
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+Ok... so the debian repo is essentially a directory heirarchy...
+
+Ok.. Do you understand the repo heirarchy?  ie the main folder (in
+amprolla case /merged) with sub folders 'dist' (for repo metadata) and
+'pool' (where the actual binary and source packages go)??
+forget about the "pool" folder, amprolla doesn't touch it...
+
+in "dists/" you have all the suites ie: jessie, ascii, ceres and all
+the and stable, unstable  and version symlinks.
+
+in the suite folder, you find the section folders: main contrib non-free
+and files InRelease, Release and Release.gpg
+
+InRelease is just the pgp/smime version of the Release file - the gpg
+sig is the same as Release.gpg
+
+Anyway the Release file basically is a dictionary of most of the files
+in the subdirectory with size and checksums (SHA256, SHA512 etc) in what
+is essentially RFC822 format, with a bunch of headers at the top that
+specify details about the Release of that suite.
+
+In the suite subdirectories you have a bunch of folders, binary-<arch>
+which contains the Packages file, and compressed copies of that, and a
+Release Stanza, and similar for the source folder with Sources file and
+compressed copies etc.
+
+the Contents files (currently not processed) are their too.
+(They contain a list of all the files in each package)
+
+their is also the i8n - folder which contains the processed files.
+oops s/processed files/translation files/
+
+
+Amprolla takes several mirrors and merges them in order of priority
+starting with the highest priority.  It firsts iterates over the structure
+to create it's repo structure, ie dists/<suite>/<section>/ etc and then first
+copies the highest priority mirror Packages and Sources files in and then for
+the othermirrors iterates over the Packages and Sources files and compares
+each package stanza for a match, and if there is a match on name then the highest
+priority mirror version is kept, if not then the package is added in.
+(This is where the inefficient model really shows up)
+
+
+After all the new Source and Packages files are processed then the Release and
+InRelease files are generated by walking the hierarchy and adding those files in.
+
+There is a lot of complexities, part of which is in the design of amprolla.
+What I had started to do, and in describing it now, it seems obvious to me
+I should probably have started pretty much from scratch is instead of this
+iterative approach of compare and add or skip is keep a cache of each mirrors
+last state, and then on each run create a delta between the last state and
+current state.
+
+
+* and how does dak integrate in all of this?
+it doesn't.  Dak is a standalone repository which just deals with the packages built by our CI
+* so it's the same as any debian repo
+Yup, slightly modified to handle our CI and some other tweaks
+and I checked and our version is in gdo too.
+
+
+anyway as I was saying about my approach re delta's:
+There are big efficiencies in this approach.  For starters, we only download the InRelease or
+Release and Release.gpg file and after verifying it, compare to the previous state, and we
+can use the delta generated to pick what files are new, changed or removed from the repo.
+This means we only download the changed files in the repo for a start.  And for the
+Packages and Sources files we create a delta list of changed stanza's to apply.
+
+Instead of building the entire repo from scratch, we apply the delta
+to a copy of our merged repo with handling for priority etc...
+
+What stumped me in the end is we actually should verify that we only have packages go in that
+have a matching source stanza and we really need to process the contents and translations
+at the same time.
+
+I suspect that nextime realised this which is why he started on amprolla2 which essentially
+replicates dak + amprolla function...
+
+I just realised, I forgot to mention the overrides processing in amprolla.  In the very
+top of the dir in "merged/" is the "indices" folder that contains overrides.  These
+files specify for each Packages files, any metadata changes that need to be applied to
+package stanza's
+
+In debian their is a entry for every single deb package/source in the archive making
+them very large.  We did away with that to reduce the overhead of processing it created. 
+
+So we only have entries for those that need changing, usually to change priorities of
+systemd packages and remove recommends and suggests for systemd related packages.
+
+* are indices a part of the repo or only needed by amprolla?
+both.  In debian, dak generates them and they are hand modified by the repo masters to
+apply needed fixes.  With amprolla, we only create them for applying our own changes as needed.
+Technically they don't need to be in the repo, as they're not used by apt, but practically
+it's good to have them there.
+
+hmmm,  I think I've cracked my problem...
+If I use the Sources delta to identify changed packages, I can use that to pick and apply
+the changed Packages stanza's Contents and Translations.  This would save lot's of
+iterations, and I only need the delta Processing to be done on the Sources files.
+Wow that would really speed things up
+
+The other benefit, is we can side load packages this way too and use it to replace dak
+as well as either a standalone repo or directly into the merged repo.
+And all without a hefty database. or the writeup
+
+your welcome.  It has helped me probably as much as you.  I think it's
+turning into a full rewrite, but seems better design and possibly far easier to
+write from scratch.
+Anyway, it's nearly 3:30am here, so better get a couple hours sleep!
diff --git a/doc/directories b/doc/directories
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+example aliases(?)
+http://packages.devuan.org/devuan/dists/
+
+1.0 -> jessie
+2.0 -> ascii
+ascii
+ascii-backports
+ascii-proposed-updates
+ascii-security
+ascii-updates
+ceres -> unstable
+jessie
+jessie-backports
+jessie-proposed-updates
+jessie-security
+jessie-updates
+sid -> unstable
+stable -> jessie
+stable-backports -> jessie-backports
+stable-proposed-updates -> jessie-proposed-updates/
+stable-updates -> jessie-updates/
+testing -> ascii
+testing-backports -> ascii-backports
+testing-proposed-updates -> ascii-proposed-updates/
+testing-updates -> ascii-updates
+unstable
diff --git a/doc/file-formats b/doc/file-formats
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+example package:
+----------------
+	Package: apache2-mpm-event
+	Source: apache2
+	Version: 2.4.10-10+deb8u8
+	Installed-Size: 22
+	Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers <debian-apache@lists.debian.org>
+	Architecture: amd64
+	Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi
+	Depends: apache2 (= 2.4.10-10+deb8u8)
+	Description: transitional event MPM package for apache2
+	Homepage: http://httpd.apache.org/
+	Description-md5: e8836e8c2c34524fb11cc83011803e4e
+	Section: httpd
+	Priority: optional
+	Filename: pool/updates/main/a/apache2/apache2-mpm-event_2.4.10-10+deb8u8_amd64.deb
+	Size: 1520
+	MD5sum: e82aa67838c581d8217795dd6dbcb614
+	SHA1: a0d59e70ea06d145af068f46649ba80a75bb75cf
+	SHA256: e756d82ab7111a9c76291c91e344bbbddc0d9945704ad42f1140af0594c74cad
+
+example source:
+---------------
+
+	Package: apache2
+	Binary: apache2, apache2-data, apache2-bin, apache2-mpm-worker, apache2-mpm-prefork, apache2-mpm-event, apache2-mpm-itk, apache2.2-bin, apache2.2-commo
+	n, libapache2-mod-proxy-html, libapache2-mod-macro, apache2-utils, apache2-suexec, apache2-suexec-pristine, apache2-suexec-custom, apache2-doc, apache2
+	-dev, apache2-dbg
+	Version: 2.4.10-10+deb8u8
+	Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers <debian-apache@lists.debian.org>
+	Uploaders: Stefan Fritsch <sf@debian.org>, Arno Töll <arno@debian.org>
+	Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20131213~), lsb-release, dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~), libaprutil1-dev (>= 1.5.0), libapr1-dev (>= 1.5.0), libpcre3-dev, zlib1g
+	-dev, libssl-dev (>= 0.9.8m), perl, liblua5.1-0-dev, libxml2-dev, autotools-dev, gawk | awk
+	Architecture: any all
+	Standards-Version: 3.9.6
+	Format: 3.0 (quilt)
+	Files:
+	 4cc0006932cbdb7a2597691505f39424 3277 apache2_2.4.10-10+deb8u8.dsc
+	 44543dff14a4ebc1e9e2d86780507156 5031834 apache2_2.4.10.orig.tar.bz2
+	 7d43a85707568321b98305fe61e386d5 555484 apache2_2.4.10-10+deb8u8.debian.tar.xz
+	Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-apache/apache2.git
+	Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-apache/apache2.git
+	Checksums-Sha1:
+	 dd6e773c03c22eb97beffe56e39b9f4b17eea31e 3277 apache2_2.4.10-10+deb8u8.dsc
+	 00f5c3f8274139bd6160eda2cf514fa9b74549e5 5031834 apache2_2.4.10.orig.tar.bz2
+	 a789b374f989dfe3734cb9b1895e7d2891b5fd04 555484 apache2_2.4.10-10+deb8u8.debian.tar.xz
+	Checksums-Sha256:
+	 c20dc666e6192c3db716e1dfb60afed3248aabd9a2d3232301a11fe8d936dac6 3277 apache2_2.4.10-10+deb8u8.dsc
+	 176c4dac1a745f07b7b91e7f4fd48f9c48049fa6f088efe758d61d9738669c6a 5031834 apache2_2.4.10.orig.tar.bz2
+	 352be8c8245c162a9d97cf167a904fd1684904ffede565f23a654935701b40fa 555484 apache2_2.4.10-10+deb8u8.debian.tar.xz
+	Homepage: http://httpd.apache.org/
+	Build-Conflicts: autoconf2.13
+	Package-List:
+	 apache2 deb httpd optional arch=any
+	 apache2-bin deb httpd optional arch=any
+	 apache2-data deb httpd optional arch=all
+	 apache2-dbg deb debug extra arch=any
+	 apache2-dev deb httpd optional arch=any
+	 apache2-doc deb doc optional arch=all
+	 apache2-mpm-event deb oldlibs extra arch=any
+	 apache2-mpm-itk deb oldlibs extra arch=any
+	 apache2-mpm-prefork deb oldlibs extra arch=any
+	 apache2-mpm-worker deb oldlibs extra arch=any
+	 apache2-suexec deb oldlibs extra arch=any
+	 apache2-suexec-custom deb httpd extra arch=any
+	 apache2-suexec-pristine deb httpd optional arch=any
+	 apache2-utils deb httpd optional arch=any
+	 apache2.2-bin deb oldlibs extra arch=any
+	 apache2.2-common deb oldlibs extra arch=any
+	 libapache2-mod-macro deb oldlibs extra arch=any
+	 libapache2-mod-proxy-html deb oldlibs extra arch=any
+	Directory: pool/updates/main/a/apache2
+	Priority: source
+	Section: httpd
+
+example translation:
+--------------------
+
+	Package: libactivemq-java
+	Description-md5: b7875bda385f5f6b4e36597054392132
+	Description-en: Java message broker core libraries
+	 Apache ActiveMQ is a message broker built around Java Message Service (JMS)
+	 API : allow sending messages between two or more clients in a loosely coupled,
+	 reliable, and asynchronous way.
+	 .
+	 This message broker supports :
+	  * JMS 1.1 and J2EE 1.4 with support for transient, persistent, transactional
+		and XA messaging
+	  * Spring Framework, CXF and Axis integration
+	  * pluggable transport protocols such as in-VM, TCP, SSL, NIO, UDP, multicast,
+		JGroups and JXTA
+	  * persistence using JDBC along with journaling
+	  * OpenWire (cross language wire protocol) and
+		Stomp (Streaming Text Orientated Messaging Protocol) protocols
+	 .
+	 This package contains a core Java library for ActiveMQ.
diff --git a/lib/__init__.py b/lib/__init__.py
diff --git a/lib/config.py b/lib/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# copyright (c) 2017 - Ivan J. <parazyd@dyne.org>
+# see LICENSE file for copyright and license details
+
+amprolla = {
+    "spooldir": "./spool",
+    "sign_key": "fa1b0274",
+    "mergedir": "./merged",
+    "mergedsubdirs": [ "dists", "pool"],
+    "banpkgs": [ 'systemd', 'systemd-sysv' ]
+    #"checksums": [ 'md5sum', 'sha1', 'sha256', 'sha512' ]
+}
+
+repos = {
+    ## key name is priority, first is 0
+    0: {
+        "name": "DEVUAN",
+        "host": "packages.devuan.org",
+        "dists": "devuan/dists",
+        "pool": "devuan/pool",
+        "aliases": False,
+        "skipmissing": False
+    },
+    1: {
+        "name": "DEBIAN-SECURITY",
+        "host": "security.debian.org",
+        "dists": "dists",
+        "pool": "pool",
+        "aliases": True,
+        "skipmissing": True
+    },
+    2: {
+        "name": "DEBIAN",
+        #"host": "httpredir.debian.org",
+        "host": "ftp.debian.org",
+        "dists": "debian/dists",
+        "pool": "debian/pool",
+        "aliases": True,
+        "skipmissing": False
+    }
+}
+
+suites = {
+    'jessie': [
+        'jessie',
+        'jessie-backports',
+        'jessie-proposed-updates',
+        'jessie-security',
+        'jessie-updates'
+    ],
+    'ascii': [
+        'ascii',
+        'ascii-backports',
+        'ascii-proposed-updates',
+        'ascii-security',
+        'ascii-updates'
+    ],
+    'unstable': [
+        'unstable'
+    ]
+}
+
+aliases = {
+    "DEBIAN-SECURITY": {
+        'ascii-security': 'testing/updates',
+        'jessie-security': 'jessie/updates'
+    },
+    "DEBIAN": {
+        'ascii': 'testing',
+        'ascii-backports': 'testing-backports',
+        'ascii-proposed-updates': 'testing-proposed-updates',
+        'ascii-updates': 'testing-updates'
+    }
+}
+
+categories = [ 'main', 'contrib', 'non-free' ]
+
+
+releases = {
+    "Release-jessie": {
+        "Suite": "stable",
+        "Codename": "jessie",
+        "Label": "Devuan",
+        "Version": "1.0",
+        "Description": "Devuan 1.0 Jessie (stable release)"
+    },
+    "Release-ascii": {
+        "Suite": "testing",
+        "Codename": "ascii",
+        "Label": "Devuan",
+        "Version": "2.0",
+        "Description": "Devuan 2.0 Ascii (testing release)"
+    },
+    "Release-unstable": {
+        "Suite": "unstable",
+        "Codename": "ceres",
+        "Label": "Devuan",
+        "Version": "x.x",
+        "Description": "Devuan x.x Ceres (unstable release)"
+    }
+}
+
+
+binaryarches = [
+    'all',
+    'alpha',
+    'amd64',
+    'arm64',
+    'armel',
+    'armhf',
+    'hppa',
+    'hurd-i386',
+    'i386',
+    'ia64',
+    'kfreebsd-amd64',
+    'kfreebsd-i386',
+    'mips',
+    'mips64el',
+    'mipsel',
+    'powerpc',
+    'ppc64el',
+    's390x',
+    'sparc'
+]
+
+installerarches = [
+    'amd64',
+    'arm64',
+    'armel',
+    'i386'
+]
+
+mainrepofiles = [
+    "InRelease",
+    "Release",
+    "Release.gpg"
+]
+
+pkgfmt = [
+    'Package:',
+    'Version:',
+    'Essential:',
+    'Installed-Size:',
+    'Maintainer:',
+    'Architecture:',
+    'Replaces:',
+    'Provides:',
+    'Depends:',
+    'Conflicts:',
+    'Pre-Depends:',
+    'Breaks:',
+    'Homepage:',
+    'Apport:',
+    'Auto-Built-Package:',
+    'Build-Ids',
+    'Origin:',
+    'Bugs:',
+    'Built-Using:',
+    'Enhances:',
+    'Recommends:',
+    'Description:',
+    'Description-md5:',
+    'Ghc-Package:',
+    'Gstreamer-Decoders:',
+    'Gstreamer-Elements:',
+    'Gstreamer-Encoders:',
+    'Gstreamer-Uri-Sinks:',
+    'Gstreamer-Uri-Sources:',
+    'Gstreamer-Version:',
+    'Lua-Versions:',
+    'Modaliases:',
+    'Npp-Applications:',
+    'Npp-Description:',
+    'Npp-File:',
+    'Npp-Mimetype:',
+    'Npp-Name:',
+    'Origin:',
+    'Original-Maintainer:',
+    'Original-Source-Maintainer:',
+    'Package-Type:',
+    'Postgresql-Version:',
+    'Python-Version:',
+    'Python-Versions:',
+    'Ruby-Versions:',
+    'Source:',
+    'Suggests:',
+    'Xul-Appid:',
+    'Multi-Arch:',
+    'Build-Essential:',
+    'Tag:',
+    'Section:',
+    'Priority:',
+    'Filename:',
+    'Size:',
+    'MD5sum:',
+    'SHA1:',
+    'SHA256:'
+]
diff --git a/lib/delta.py b/lib/delta.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# copyright (c) 2017 - Ivan J. <parazyd@dyne.org>
+# see LICENSE file for copyright and license details
+
+import ast
+import gzip
+import re
+import requests
+import time
+
+import config
+from log import notice
+
+def getTime(date):
+    return time.mktime(time.strptime(date, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"))
+
+def getDate(relfile):
+    match = re.search('Date: .+', relfile)
+    if match:
+        line = relfile[match.start():match.end()]
+        relfile = line.split(': ')[1]
+    return relfile
+
+
+def parseRel(reltext):
+    hash = {}
+    match = re.search('SHA256:+', reltext)
+    if match:
+        line = reltext[match.start():-1]
+        for i in line.split('\n'):
+            if i == 'SHA256:' or i == '\n': # XXX: hack
+                continue
+            hash[(i.split()[2])] = i.split()[0]
+        return hash
+
+
+def pkgParse(entry):
+    # for parsing a single package
+    values = re.split('\\n[A-Z].+?:', entry)[0:]
+    values[0] = values[0].split(':')[1]
+    keys = re.findall('\\n[A-Z].+?:', '\n'+entry)
+    both = zip(keys, values)
+    return {key.lstrip(): value for key, value in both}
+
+
+def parsePkgs(pkgtext):
+    # this parses our package file into a hashmap
+    # key: package name, value: entire package paragraph as a hashmap
+    map = {}
+
+    # TODO: consider also this approach
+    #def parsePkgs(pkgfilepath):
+        #with gzip.open(pkgfilepath, "rb") as f:
+        #    pkgs = f.read().split("\n\n")
+
+    pkgs = pkgtext.split("\n\n")
+    for pkg in pkgs:
+        m = re.match('Package: .+', pkg)
+        if m:
+            line = pkg[m.start():m.end()]
+            key = line.split(': ')[1]
+            map[key] = pkgParse(pkg)
+    return map
+
+
+def printPkg(map, pkgname):
+    try:
+        pkg = ast.literal_eval(map[pkgname])
+        sin = []
+        for i in config.pkgfmt:
+            if config.pkgfmt[i] in pkg.keys():
+                sin.append(config.pkgfmt[i] + pkg[config.pkgfmt[i]])
+        return sin
+    except:
+        log.die("nonexistent package")
+
+
+def dictCompare(d1, d2):
+    d1_keys = set(d1.keys())
+    d2_keys = set(d2.keys())
+    intersect_keys = d1_keys.intersection(d2_keys)
+    modified = {o : (d1[o], d2[o]) for o in intersect_keys if d1[o] != d2[o]}
+    return modified
+
+
+def compareRel(oldrel, newrel):
+    r = requests.get(newrel)
+    new = r.text
+    with open(oldrel, "rb") as f:
+        old = f.read()
+
+    oldtime = getTime(getDate(old))
+    newtime = getTime(getDate(new))
+    if newtime > oldtime:
+        notice("Update available")
+        newhashes = parseRel(new)
+        oldhashes = parseRel(old)
+        changes = dictCompare(newhashes, oldhashes)
+        # k = pkg name, v = sha256
+        return changes
+
+
+#relmap = compareRel("../spool/dists/jessie/updates/Release", "http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/Release")
+#print relmap
+#for k,v in relmap.iteritems():
+#    print(k)
diff --git a/lib/fs.py b/lib/fs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# copyright (c) 2017 - Ivan J. <parazyd@dyne.org>
+# see LICENSE file for copyright and license details
+
+import config
+
+def crawl():
+    paths = {}
+    for i in range(0, len(config.repos)):
+        repo = config.repos[i]["name"]
+        basepath = config.repos[i]["dists"]
+        sts = []
+        for j in config.suites:
+            for k in config.suites[j]:
+                if config.repos[i]["aliases"] == True:
+                    if repo in config.aliases:
+                        try:
+                            suite = config.aliases[repo][k]
+                        except:
+                            if config.repos[i]["skipmissing"] == True:
+                                continue
+                            else:
+                                suite = k
+                else:
+                    suite = k
+                skips = [ "jessie-security", "ascii-security" ] ## XXX: HACK:
+                if repo == "DEBIAN" and suite in skips:
+                    continue
+                sts.append(suite)
+        paths[repo] = sts
+    return paths
+
+#print(crawl())
diff --git a/lib/log.py b/lib/log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# copyright (c) 2017 - Ivan J. <parazyd@dyne.org>
+# see LICENSE file for copyright and license details
+
+import sys
+
+def die(msg):
+    print("\033[1;31m[E] %s\033[0m" % msg)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+def notice(msg):
+    print("\033[1;32m(*) %s\033[0m" % msg)
+    return
+
+def warn(msg):
+    print("\033[1;33m[W] %s\033[0m" % msg)
+    return
+
+def cleanexit():
+    notice("exiting cleanly...")
+    sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/lib/net.py b/lib/net.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# copyright (c) 2017 - Ivan J. <parazyd@dyne.org>
+# see LICENSE file for copyright and license details
+
+import requests
+
+import config
+from log import die, notice, warn, cleanexit
+
+
+def download(url, path):
+    print("\tdownloading: %s\n\tto: %s" % (url, path))
+    r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
+    if r.status_code == 404:
+        warn("not found!")
+        return
+    elif r.status_code != 200:
+        die("fail!")
+
+    with open(path, "wb") as f:
+        for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=1024): # XXX: should be more on gbit servers
+            if chunk:
+                f.write(chunk)
+                #f.flush()
+    print("\033[1;32m .  done\033[0m")
+    return