Bug#951597: RFA: approx -- caching proxy server for Debian archive files
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I request an adopter for the approx package.
I no longer use approx myself (I just use a Squid proxy now) and I
haven't done much OCaml coding recently, so it's time to move on.
I haven't done an upload since the move from alioth to salsa, and it
seems I no longer have permission to do so, so an adopter should
probably set the "Maintainer" to the OCaml team and remove the "Uploaders"
field.
The package description is:
Approx is an HTTP-based proxy server for Debian-style package archives.
It fetches files from remote repositories on demand,
and caches them for local use.
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Approx saves time and network bandwidth if you need to install or
upgrade .deb packages for a number of machines on a local network.
Each package is downloaded from a remote site only once,
regardless of how many local clients install it.
The approx cache typically requires a few gigabytes of disk space.
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Approx also simplifies the administration of client machines:
repository locations need only be changed in approx's configuration file,
not in every client's /etc/apt/sources.list file.
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Approx can be used as a replacement for apt-proxy,
with no need to modify clients' /etc/apt/sources.list files,
or as an alternative to apt-cacher.
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