Re: RFS: http-replicator
Hi Eduard,
I admit I was not aware of this perl one-liner you're referring to. I
didn't find any of this on the website, which by the way seems to be
currently offline. Still, even with such script some problems remain.
For instance apt-cacher's cache can't be easily turned into an offline
cache, which can be useful when doing a fresh install. With replicator
it's as simple as generating a local Packages.gz with dpkg-scanpackages.
But I'm not trying to say that http-replicator is somehow 'better' than
the alternatives. I've tried most of them and know they all work. I'm
just saying that replicator better suits my needs, and maybe other's as
well. And there's the big difference of http-replicator being a general
proxy so it can be used for things other than package caching. That's
why I think http-replicator does add something, and that's why I think
it deserves a place in debian.
Regards, Gertjan
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:38:37 +0200, "Eduard Bloch" <edi@gmx.de> said:
> #include <hallo.h>
> * Gertjan van Zwieten [Tue, Aug 17 2004, 10:40:50PM]:
>
> > The existing solutions like apt-cacher and apt-proxy didn't really
> > offer what I was looking for. I have tried to explain this on the
> > website: http://gertjan.freezope.org/replicator.
>
> I do not trust your analysis of apt-cacher. It takes a one-liner in
> Perl to "convert" the cached files to simple Debian packages.
> Further, AFAICS your script lacks some special features needed for
> local caches: access control, target server control, allowed file
> type checks.
>
> Regards, Eduard.
> --
> The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us.
> And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in the terrible in-
> between. -- Centauri Emperor, "Babylon 5 - The Coming Of Shadows"
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