On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Felix Feyertag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In 2006 I participated in summer of code to implement this, the project > website is: > > https://launchpad.net/apt-sync > > The code is functional and I'm using it successfully on my home computer > (usually saving around 50-90% on minor updates and 30% on a dist-upgrade), > however I do not have resources available to distribute aptsync files, so > it's not possible for me to perform any wide-scale testing. > > The issue is: > > AptSync requires a repository of `.aptsync' files to be stored server-side. > These .aptsync files store control information about each file in the actual > Ubuntu repository. > > To host such a repository, the following would be required: > * Local access to a complete and up-to-date Ubuntu mirror > * The ability to run `aptsyncmake' (Python) to construct .aptsync files > for every file in the mirror > * Webspace to store the repository. A rough estimate of space required is > 50-100MB, and it need not be stored in the original repository tree (or even > on the same server) > > If anyone has the above resources and would be willing to help me get this > project into swing, then I'd be happy to hear! > > Alternatively, I've been toying with the idea of setting up a mechanism to > automatically create and distribute aptsync files via peer-to-peer. > > > Felix > > If the code is functional, shouldn't this be pushed to Ubuntu to be used by their repositories? Or would the CPU drain for aptsyncmake on that many packages be too much?
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