Wouldn't this be better solved via the proxies then, e.g. mimicking the squid-deb-proxy like avahi announcements through whatever means and discovering them via a ProxyAutoDetect string?
I'm not sure that apt itself should implement such a discovery mechanism. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/827627 Title: apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/827627/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
