Apt-Cacher-NG 0.6.3

Apt-Cacher NG is a caching HTTP download proxy for software packages, primarily for Debian/Ubuntu clients.<br /><br />Apt-Cacher-NG is partially based on concepts of Apt-Cacher but is rewritten with a main focus on performance and low resource usage.<br /><br />The package reuses many ideas behind the other famous proxy, its predecessor apt-cacher 1.x (which has been written in Perl). In contrast to apt-cacher, other aspects have been declared as primary targets during the development of apt-cacher-ng:<br /><br />- lightweight implementation - allow the use on systems with low memory and processing resources<br />- internal (native) threading - avoiding process fork'ing wherever possible, avoiding kludges for pseudo-thread synchronization, avoiding excessive use of hidden file system features for internal operations<br />- real (effective) support of HTTP pipelining, therefore a native client with native stream control has been developed. The nice side effect is the reduction of resource overhead and minimization of possible points of failure<br />- avoiding featurities where they cause too much bloat and the functionality can be provided by native OS features<br />- reliable but efficient content merging in the local package pool, avoiding delivering of wrong data.<br /><br />Build instructions:<br /><br />- run "make". Output goes to the "build" directory. apt-cacher-ng is the regular version, apt-cacher-ng-debug is for debugging purposes only.<br /><br />For compiler flags, see CMakeLists.txt file.

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	*nix, Linux
Keyword:	Aptcacher,  Aptcacherng,  Avoiding,  Bloat,  Failure,  Features,  Featurities,  Functionality,  Internal,  Minimization,  Native,  Overhead,  Package,  Points,  Proxy,  Reduction,  Resource
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