[Apt-proxy-users] [ANNOUNCE] version 1.2.1, HTTP backend support in 1.2.9, new homepage, aptable archive

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

Stable
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Stable version 1.2.1 is out, and will be uploaded to Debian unstable
shortly.  Changes:

   * Reset access time on version n-1 when downloading n, so the cache cleaning
     algorithm works better (came up in the discussion for bug #131883)
   * Add Contents-* to list of control files, so apt-proxy works with apt-file.
     (closes: #134217)
   * (other minor packaging changes)

Development
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I have put up the latest development version at SourceForge.  I would be
very grateful for people to install it and see if they find any problems.
New features:

   * http/ftp backend server support, using wget
   * A new command, apt-proxy-import, which can import .debs from an
     existing directory into the apt-cache mirror directory.  This is useful
     when installing apt-proxy for the first time on a machine which already
     has lots of .debs in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory, and for
     combining with offline retrieval methods.

Web page
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apt-proxy finally has a web page.  This was in response to a large number of
hits the day I announced 1.2.0 on SourceForge but no downloads :-o

URL: http://apt-proxy.sourceforge.net

aptable archive
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You can now try out the latest and greatest apt-proxy from the comfort of
your favourite apt frontend :-)  Full details available in the README at:

http://apt-proxy.sourceforge.net/apt-proxy/README

As ever, have fun!
Chris