added a maxage option for uplinks

ChangeLog.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 ?? ??? ????, version 0.5.2
 
+- added a "maxage" option for uplinks
 - added fs-ext dependency (flock)
 - fixed a few face conditions
 

lib/config_def.yaml

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ uplinks:
   npmjs:
     url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
 
+    # maximum time (in seconds) in which data is considered up to date
+    #
+    # default is 2 minutes, so server won't request the same data from
+    # uplink if a similar request was made less than 2 minutes ago
+    #maxage: 120
+
 packages:
   # uncomment this for packages with "local-" prefix to be available 
   # for admin only, it's a recommended way of handling private packages