Hi,
(Please Cc: any subsequent reply to the public tails-dev@??? ML.)
> The dpkg cache should be populated at some point so that it is
> useful (eg: apt-get update)
Currently, shipping APT indices inside the ISO image would be useless
as most of them would be obsolete a few days after the release.
APT would then download them again.
Once persistence is implemented, opt-in inclusion of APT indices and
cache is planned to be supported:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/#index2h3
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