[Apt-proxy-users] apt-proxy-v2 is packaged and available for testing

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

Hi folks,

apt-proxy-v2 is at alpha stage.  The main implementation has been done by
Manuel, and I have been testing it a small production environment for a
couple of weeks.

I've added the apt-proxy-v2 package to the 'unstable' repository on
sourceforce (deb http://apt-proxy.sourceforge.net/apt-proxy unstable/).
This version of apt-proxy is still under development and is not fully
stable, but is already much quicker than apt-proxy v1, except for Packages
file updates using rsync.  It will install parallel to apt-proxy: names that
clash with v1 have a -v2 suffix, and will be renamed once apt-proxy-v2
reaches version 2.0 and replaces apt-proxy v1.

Known issues:
 - Rsync backend support is not yet available
 - Multiple backend support is not yet implemented
 - apt-proxy-import appears to be buggy still
 - Occasionaly it is necessary to restart the apt-get operation.  You can
   improve stablility somewhat by setting in /etc/apt/apt.conf:

       Aquire::http::Pipeline-Depth "0"=20

   This is a temporary workaround and is only necessary until the problem
   has been found.

This development version listens on port 8000 instead of 9999, so you can
easily switch between the two by changing the port in /etc/apt/sources.list.

That's it, except a big THANK YOU! to Manuel, who is taking a well-earned
break at the moment.

Chris