Re: [Apt-proxy-users] Performance problems on Debian/mips

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

On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:39:53AM +1100, Jeremy Lunn wrote:
> It's rumoured that apt-proxy was written in shell because someone made a
> bet with Rusty that it couldn't be done.  So he did it.

*grin*

Ah, now we have a reason why apt-proxy is a shell script that actually makes
sense :-D

> IMO the best way to write a proxy for Debian would be to write an
> apt-handler that knows it's going through a proxy.  And also a server
> implementation.

I see some disadvantages:

 - It only works with apt.  I don't know about other people, but I often use
   apt-proxy during a new install.  debootstrap uses busybox wget.

 - Every box has to have client sofware installed and kept up to date

What advantage would it bring?

> I'm not sure what other projects are doing but I don't really have a
> need for a proxy because I have more bandwidth than hard drive space and
> I don't like to let my downloads full below 1.0 x the average user
> download (my ISP gives a limit of 10 x the age user download).

Lucky you :)

Chris