Re: [Apt-proxy-users] mirror features

[Luis M. <ga...@ot...>]

Chris Halls wrote:

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>I was thinking of a similar feature, that is not quite as flexible but would 
>do the same thing but without needing to maintain a config file.
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>The idea is to use the Packages files and file databases to decide when to 
>download new versions.  Any packages that had been downloaded by a client 
>within a certain time (e.g. 2 months, settable by a parameter) could be 
>automatically updated if a new version appeared in the Packages file for the 
>backend.  If no client requested the package anymore after a certain period, 
>ap would stop updating that package automatically.
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i think you shoul do that trought the conf file. Defining the time, if 
it is has a mirror or not.

>It's not quite as flexible as your method, but would perhaps be easier from 
>the user point of view, because there would be only 1 parameter to tweak 
>instead of having to maintain a list of packages.
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For this case there is no need to have the packages installed. justa 
make a txt list from dpkg -l > list.txt
and the apt-get install `cat list.txt` -d . I use that to have 
semi-automated esktop instalations and quite popular between the newbies.

>But whichever version you prefer, if you have time to implement it please go 
>ahead and I'd gladly add it.
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>Chris
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