[Apt-proxy-users] New apt-proxy in Debian unstable

[Chris H. <chr...@ni...>]

I have uploaded a new version of apt-proxy to debian unstable.  You can find
it at:

http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt-proxy

This release incorporates the latest changes in the Sourceforge CVS, plus
several other changes and fixes.  This release concentrates on making
apt-proxy work properly and fixing packaging bugs.  The next revision will
deal with making the configuration of the user and cache directories
simpler.

Unfortunately, the SourceForge CVS does not contain the new changes:  I have
tried to contact the original authors, but have had no response except for a
brief ack from Stephen Rothwell in September.

The details of the new release are as follows:

apt-proxy (1.1.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New maintainter - thanks to Andrew McMillan for sponsoring.
    (closes: #123499)
  * New upstream release (closes: #112029)
     - Some bug fixes, bashism cleanups
     - Upstream has been inactive for 6 months now.  I have not had
       any contact since September.
  * Add Depends: grep-dctrl
    (closes: #76113, #78256, #114855, #99976, #121456)
  * Remove unneeded procmail dependency (closes: #76634, #116188)
  * No longer depend on bash.
  * Depend on netbase for update-inetd (closes: #75993)
  * Remove Recommends:ftp-server
  * Merged in Stephen Rothwell's changes
     - Use tail and stat if available, which is faster
  * Made improvements to the script:
     - Fix keep-alive handling: If apt-proxy knows the file size, the
       connection is kept open, otherwise it is closed. Also, fix hangs in
       certain situations by improving locking. (closes: #96517, #80839,
       #99927, #99948)
     - Add rsync timeout support in config file (RSYNC_TIMEOUT parameter)
  * Fix typo in apt-proxy.8, thanks to Uwe Hermann (closes: #116234)
  * Updated Standards-Version (no changes necessary)