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antihero on Sept 11, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Debian and Ubuntu packages for Phusion Passenger

It would be really nice if they had a plain http version of the repo. The reason is, if I include the HTTPS repo in my deployment script, and it's the first time I've run it on a new Debian server, it fails to do an apt-get update because apt-transport-https isn't installed yet.

What with package signing, having an HTTPS repo is kind of pointless.

rlpb on Sept 12, 2013 [–]

+1. Using HTTP over HTTPS also assists with proxy caching. This can help things like CI run much faster in datacenter environments.

FooBarWidget on Sept 12, 2013 | [–]

Can't you just create a local APT mirror?

rlpb on Sept 12, 2013 | | [–]

Sure you can, but for the entire archive? Running a caching HTTP proxy is far easier and more lightweight.

FooBarWidget on Sept 16, 2013 | | [–]

So run a caching HTTPS proxy instead?

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