Re: Debian Distribution getting too big?
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 04:41:05PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
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> We proxies have serious problems when used with .debs, usually it
> requires substantial configuration to get good results. There are many
> reasons not to use them.
>
An overly zealous proxy that doesn't check for changes upstream causes
all sorts of problems beyond Debian packages. .debs are proxiable forever.
Packages.gz needs a short timeout - configured at the server end, not in the
proxy hierarchy. I've been using http proxies for debs since
.. 97? 96? Something like that. What sorts of reasons?
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