Re: apt-caher or approx?

On 22-06-2007, Javier Enrique Tiá Marín <javier@eftssc.co.cu> wrote:
> El vie, 22-06-2007 a las 15:50 -0300, Andrés Ghigliazza escribió:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> We will soon have, 5 or 6 Debian boxs (servers and desktops), in our
>> LAN. We would like to know, if it is better to use apt-cacher o approx
>> for the updates.
>>
>> I couldn't find enough documentation of any of them, to see some
>> features, before installing one.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>>
>> tizo
>
> I tested apt-cacher, apt-proxy and approx.
>
> My recomendation is approx: simple and stable.
>

Just forgot to add some details about approx: for now it doesn't handle pdiff files (Eric Cooper working on it).

This is a missing features but i think upstream will make it work soon.

Moreover: upstream is reactive and looking for user feedback.

Regards,
Sylvain Le Gall

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