[Bug 827627] Re: apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy

[Hadmut Danisch]

No. apt itself should not implement a discovery service. But it should
support another proxy directive where apt does not just die when the
given cache is unavailabe, but just uses the next cache in the list or
no cache at all as a fallback.

This is not about finding proxies.

This is about surviving the absence of a configured proxy, which is a
completely different problem.

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Title:
  apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Hi,

  apt-get can use a HTTP proxy if on is configured in its settings, but
  then it fails if the proxy is unavailable.

  Would be nice (and save ubuntu's server resources) if apt-get could
  use a proxy/cache opportunisticly, i.e. use it if available and access
  the repositories directly otherwise.

  regards

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