Investigate apt caching
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Description
Our apt updates and upgrades really are hit or miss because landscape or whatever mirror goes down sort've often.
Check to see if we can use something like
to have a local cache to update from
...or some type of "allow caching for package updates except for security updates"
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the Apt-Cacher-NG approach in the linked Debian wiki page and assess how it would fit the PSF infrastructure. Determine whether package updates can use a local cache while security updates remain uncached, and document a concrete recommendation or implementation scope.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- debian
- Domain
- infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100