DSSS and multiple intermingled environments

[BCS]

Reply to Gregor,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> Reply to Gregor,
>> 
>>> I'm not sure which of two questions you're asking here (which isn't
>>> surprising since the net architecture is a bit complicated), so I'll
>>> just answer both:
>>> 
>> this question
>> 
>>> So what would it take to let the user use a different list of
>>> sources from which `dsss net` will download libraries?
>>> 
>>> Currently you can only specify one at a time, but the --source
>>> option exists for this purpose.
>>> 
>> Cool, what would it take to set up my own list server? If it is easy,
>> It would let me play with DSSS locally. (My main dev system has, by
>> design, no net access)
>> 
>>> - Gregor Richards
>>> 
> In docs/README.technical, read the section on 'net installation'. It
> may or may not be sufficient (nobody has ever really used it as a
> reference :) ), so suggestions for improvements would be appreciated.
> 
> - Gregor Richards
> 

So If I generate the listed files and stuff them on an HTTP server, I can 
get dsss to play with it?
How is the pkgs.list file generated? 
Do you have any tools for making life easy for someone trying to set up a 
system?