Comment 8 for bug 83783

Thanks for taking this on and you are right thy this bug has been
around a while. I've not seen dev work on it in 2 years.
Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Tim

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On 1/05/2008, at 4:54 AM, Tom Kiesel <email address hidden> wrote:

> I can confirm this bug. It's a headache, because I'd like to use apt-
> proxy to let my high school classroom full of machines tax our
> overburdened school connection less. It works brilliantly except
> when it
> hangs spectacularly, and I ideally want a server I can just forget
> about.
>
> I'm trying out Elijah's workaround today. If Elijah is right, then the
> bug would seem to be related to the http handling code (handled as an
> import) in apt-proxy.py It looks from the Sourceforge page and the
> project webpage that apt-proxy hasn't seen any development in years.
> The last CVS commit from a developer on the main component (apt-
> proxy.py) was 3 years and 1 month ago.
>
> I haven't programmed in Python, but I've been looking for an excuse to
> learn that language. Does this seem like a bug that a (relative)
> novice
> could tackle? I need to get my feet wet with some code anyway,
> since I
> might be teaching a programming class next year. Ultimately, I'd
> like to
> find a project in Java to help with, but this one is something I use.
> It's a programming itch that I want scratched, to borrow E.S.R.'s
> metaphor.
>
> --
> apt-proxy hangs when client aborting download
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83783
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