2008/6/18 Detlef [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 06/18/08 01:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> As far as having operations be fast on the client, we'd eventually like
>> to write a client-side cache.  We have the beginnings of that today.
>
> Caching of packages is IMHO only useful for just-in-installation-process
> packages, but not forever. Think of small systems, where people have to
> live with limited disk space. So the may only want to cache the catalog
> and the manifests for packages and tht's it. The one think that might be
> useful is a "look-forward" cache, that downloads/caches maybe already
> the next to be installed package, while it installes a package.

I believe that ability is already present with the
"flush-content-cache-on-success" policy Krister added.

-- 
Shawn Walker
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