Bug#1133300: ITP: squid-deb-proxy -- Squid proxy configuration to optimize package downloads
On 2026-04-12 21.45, Paride Legovini wrote: > On 2026-04-12 09.44, Alexandre Rossi wrote: >> Maybe you can document what's different from the legacy squid-deb-proxy >> package. For instance, it seems the client binary package was dropped. > > Yes, I dropped that in favor of auto-apt-proxy. Hi again, after working at the package for a while I'm reconsidering this and I'll likely re-add the client. It is true that we have auto-apt-proxy already, but that does its own heuristics to detect the proxy, mostly useful to not depend on avahi. But it's good to also have a pure avahi client. Paride
Bug#1133300: ITP: squid-deb-proxy -- Squid proxy configuration to optimize package downloads
On 2026-04-12 09.44, Alexandre Rossi wrote: > Hi, > >> This package contains a Squid proxy configuration to manage a cache >> of .deb downloads, with optimizations for the types of file present >> in package repositories, and using a dedicated directory and port. > > Thanks for this ITP initiative. Cheers! >> This packages was already part of Debian, but got removed because of an >> RC bug that didn't get fixed (see #1081589), and in general because of >> lack of maintenance. I adopted the package (in agreement the previous >> maintainer), fixed its bugs and plan to re-upload it to Debian soon. > > Maybe you can document what's different from the legacy squid-deb-proxy > package. For instance, it seems the client binary package was dropped. Yes, I dropped that in favor of auto-apt-proxy. I don't rule out adding that back in the future, should the need arise, but I'd prefer squid-deb-proxy to only deal with the proxy part, offering a standard handle (avahi) for other tools to use. I'll mention the removal in d/NEWS, thanks for the suggestion. > Also, I had started similar work[1] but never went for pushing it > to the Debian archive. As I never understood to separate squid instance > scenario, I chose to integrate into the system squid instance. If you think > this is usefull I can work on supporting this in the package. I also > use a Makefile to build acls, maybe it's interesting. > > [1] https://sml.zincube.net/~niol/repositories.git/squid-debproxy-conf/about/ Thanks. For now I'll stick with the old approach, but I'll be happy to discuss and review improvements once the package will be back in Debian. -- Paride
Bug#1133300: ITP: squid-deb-proxy -- Squid proxy configuration to optimize package downloads
Hi, > This package contains a Squid proxy configuration to manage a cache > of .deb downloads, with optimizations for the types of file present > in package repositories, and using a dedicated directory and port. Thanks for this ITP initiative. > This packages was already part of Debian, but got removed because of an > RC bug that didn't get fixed (see #1081589), and in general because of > lack of maintenance. I adopted the package (in agreement the previous > maintainer), fixed its bugs and plan to re-upload it to Debian soon. Maybe you can document what's different from the legacy squid-deb-proxy package. For instance, it seems the client binary package was dropped. Also, I had started similar work[1] but never went for pushing it to the Debian archive. As I never understood to separate squid instance scenario, I chose to integrate into the system squid instance. If you think this is usefull I can work on supporting this in the package. I also use a Makefile to build acls, maybe it's interesting. [1] https://sml.zincube.net/~niol/repositories.git/squid-debproxy-conf/about/ Thanks, Alex
Bug#1133300: ITP: squid-deb-proxy -- Squid proxy configuration to optimize package downloads
Hi Paride, On Sa 11 Apr 2026 20:59:25 UTC, Paride Legovini wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Paride Legovini X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected] * Package name: squid-deb-proxy Upstream Contact: Paride Legovini https://salsa.debian.org/debian/squid-deb-proxy * License : GPL-3 Description : Squid proxy configuration to optimize package downloads This package contains a Squid proxy configuration to manage a cache of .deb downloads, with optimizations for the types of file present in package repositories, and using a dedicated directory and port. This packages was already part of Debian, but got removed because of an RC bug that didn't get fixed (see #1081589), and in general because of lack of maintenance. I adopted the package (in agreement the previous maintainer), fixed its bugs and plan to re-upload it to Debian soon. -- Paride thanks for working on this package. I use it a lot and missed totally that it got removed. Much appreciated!!! Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM c\o Technik- und Ökologiezentrum Eckernförde Mike Gabriel, Marienthaler Str. 17, 24340 Eckernförde mobile: +49 (1520) 1976 148 landline: +49 (4351) 850 8940 GnuPG Fingerprint: 9BFB AEE8 6C0A A5FF BF22 0782 9AF4 6B30 2577 1B31 mail: [email protected], http://das-netzwerkteam.de
Bug#1133300: ITP: squid-deb-proxy -- Squid proxy configuration to optimize package downloads
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Paride Legovini X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected] * Package name: squid-deb-proxy Upstream Contact: Paride Legovini https://salsa.debian.org/debian/squid-deb-proxy * License : GPL-3 Description : Squid proxy configuration to optimize package downloads This package contains a Squid proxy configuration to manage a cache of .deb downloads, with optimizations for the types of file present in package repositories, and using a dedicated directory and port. This packages was already part of Debian, but got removed because of an RC bug that didn't get fixed (see #1081589), and in general because of lack of maintenance. I adopted the package (in agreement the previous maintainer), fixed its bugs and plan to re-upload it to Debian soon. -- Paride
