How to retrieve data

You can use any program, which is able to speak HTTP. decr-f.show, part of the decr-f-tools package, is such a progra. If you use decr-f.show, you simply call it from the command line:

decr-f.show <package> <which-information>

Soon there will be the possibility to view and search decr-f information through a web-interface at http://(linux|unix).schottelius.org/decr-f/search.php. If you use any other program, you have to point it to a decr-f mirror and select the package by retrieving http(s)://decr-f.mirror/decr-f/package/information. There is also the possibility to retrieve the whole database via rsync.