Re: [Apt-proxy-users] mirror features

[Chris H. <ha...@de...>]

On Wednesday 02 Feb 2005 21:46, Luis Matos wrote:
> Chris Halls wrote:
> >within a certain time (e.g. 2 months, settable by a parameter) could be
>
> i think you shoul do that trought the conf file. Defining the time, if
> it is has a mirror or not.

Sorry, that's what I meant by 'settable by a parameter'.

> >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.
>
> 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.

I was thinking that needs more effort than setting a config file parameter.  
What happens when package names change, e.g. a library package number 
increases, or a new kernel package is introduced.

Anyway, the ideal solution is probably to implement both methods :)  Anay 
volunteers?

Chris