On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 04:49:02PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > A better solution to your problem is a preditictive usage sensative > debian-specific cache. It could download off peak hours, at a > slower+kinder rate and have the new .debs prepared before the client > requests them. > > Nobody has written such a cache (apt-proxy doesn't quite do it all), but I > think it would be incredibly handy for large orginizations such as yours.
What additional features would be needed in such a cache? - Fine-tuning cache parameters for .deb's, Packages files, etc. (I finally seem to have convinced Squid to do this correctly) - Priming the cache before running upgrades (wget --delete-after) - Bandwidth management (if this is really necessary off-peak, it could probably be accomplished at the network layer) -- - mdz
