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On 12-03-2009, Rogério Brito <rbr...@ime.usp.br> wrote: > Hi there. > > I seem to recall that, in the not so distant past, people were > discussing here the subject of package chachers for the use of building > (and rebuilding etc) packages from sources, something which is necessary > for those that want to help with the mentoring process (or even building > their own packages at home). > > OK, so, recently, "Linux Weekly News" has published an article (right at > http://lwn.net/Articles/318658/) that made some simple comparisons > between apt-cache, apt-proxy, approx and others and, to be honest, the > article has just made me even more confused about which cacher to use. > > Worse, when I saw some bugs (e.g., #285360) on the BTS, I felt lost, > since I need to use three arches. > > So, I would like to ask you: > > * what is the package chacher that you are using? > For now, I use approx. I was using apt-proxy before. > * Is it able to cope with multiple architectures? > At least i386 and amd64. > * Can it support multiple distributions? Supporting Debian, Ubuntu and > other non-official repositories would be really handy. > Not sure for Debian/Ubuntu but you can host multiple repository (I have 3 differents one marillat, debian main and debian security). > * Does it keep a directory hierarchy neatly organized like the Debian > archive? > Yes, it looks like. Moreover, approx is straightforward to configure, memory efficient and fast. I use it for years now, and I have no problem with it (apt-proxy was failing quite sometime, I need to relaunch it frequently). Regards Sylvain Le Gall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
