Re: an idea for next generation APT archive caching
Martin,
On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 12:11:12PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> 3. squid:
> Squid works reliably, but it has no concept of the APT repository
> and thus it is impossible to control what is cached and for how
> long.
I've long wondered whether the best answer might not be to teach an existing
proxy cache about the content, perhaps by way of some 'plug-in' interface.
> If you have a better squid configuration for Debian, please share
> it!
Sorry! I use apt-proxy (well, both of them, but in different contexts)
> Thus, my proposal for an apache-integrated approach, which solves
> most of the issues above and appears to me to be very simple and
> transparent.
Not to mention very entertaining, many thanks!
Regards,
Paddy
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