#include <hallo.h> * Michael Vogt [Fri, Mar 11 2011, 09:33:40AM]: > > Looks like the main thing missing for this to work is an > > implementation of the server? > > Yeah. There is a implementation around launchpad of the simple > protocol, I don't know much about it, but cache-country-mirrors.txt is > probably a good starting point in the LP source. > > > What is the protocol? > > The current implementation will just hit the http url > http://mirrors.debian.org/mirror and read a list of base urls from > it. Like: > > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian > http://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/debian/ > > As mentioned before it should be extended to either include the > (release,arch) in the request or the server needs to add it to the > returned data. > > > Maybe this would be a good gsoc project? > > Sounds good to me, I'm not much of a server guy but I could certainly > help with improving the client side of apt.
Whatever you design, please keep the developers of apt proxies (apt-cacher, apt-cacher-ng, apt-proxy, approx) in the communication loop, so the particular applications can cope with the changes as soon as possible. If done properly, they could actually provide a transparent bridge to the new functionality for legacy clients. Regards, Eduard. -- <LGS> Halloechen, ihr Spinner, so frueh auf? <nusse> nein, wir schlafen alle im kollektiv <knorke> mein alkoven ist kaputt <teq> alkohol kaputt? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110311200910.ga12...@rotes76.wohnheim.uni-kl.de
