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Review: squid-deb-proxy 0.9.0

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DescriptionSquid proxy configuration to optimize package downloads

This package contains a Squid proxy configuration to manage a cache of .deb downloads, with optimizations for the types of file present in package repositories, and using a dedicated directory and port.

MaintainerParide Legovini <paride@debian.org>
Changed ByParide Legovini <paride@debian.org>
Sponsorparide@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureall
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/squid-deb-proxy.git (browse)
Closes#1133300
Popcon Installs58
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/squid-deb-proxy
Uploaded3 hours ago

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.changes
Sourcesquid-deb-proxy
Version0.9.0
Changed-ByParide Legovini
Architecturesource all
Distributionunstable
DateThu, 16 Apr 2026 16:30:04 +0200
Changelog
squid-deb-proxy (0.9.0) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * New upload to unstable after removal (Closes: #1133300)
   * Notable user-visible changes:
     - Convert init scripts to systemd service
     - Update Debian destinations in mirror-dstdomain.acl.Debian
     - Update Ubuntu destinations in mirror-dstdomain.acl.Ubuntu
     - Refresh and expand documentation and comments in config files
     - Move autogenerated files to /run/squid-deb-proxy
     - d/squid-deb-proxy.service: run service as proxy:proxy
     - debconf: ask whether to enable PPAs only on Ubuntu
   * Notable packaging changes:
     - Move default mirrors symlink creation from d/rules to Makefile
     - d/s-d-p.postinst: don't reload without a good reason
     - d/s-d-p.postrm: clean more things, merge with d/postrm
     - d/preinst: drop obsolete maintainer script
     - d/control: set myself (paride) as Maintainer, mvo as Uploader
     - d/control: bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4, no changes needed
     - d/control: update Vcs and Homepage fields, new home is on salsa
     - d/control: use debhelper compat level 14
     - d/control: drop obsolete dependencies
     - d/control: drop redundant Priority: optional
     - d/control: set X-Style: black; apply via debputy reformat
     - d/copyright: update version of the copyright file spec
     - d/copyright: update copyright years
     - d/gbp.conf: set debian-branch = latest (dep-14)
     - d/gbp.conf: do not set export-dir
     - d/s/lintian-overrides: silence debhelper compat false positives
     - Fix various lintian tags
   * CI and tests:
     - Add pre-commit configuration
     - Add Salsa CI pipeline
     - Convert test_acl.sh into an autopkgtest
     - Add an avahi-discover autopkgtest
     - Add autopkgtest for auto-apt-proxy
.dsc
Sectionnet
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listsquid-deb-proxy deb net optional arch=all
squid-deb-proxy-client deb net optional arch=all
squid-deb-proxy-client-udeb udeb debian-installer optional arch=all
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/

Files: *
Copyright:
 2010-2026 Canonical Ltd.
License: GPL-3

License: GPL-3
 This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; version 3.
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.

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