Cache source tarballs and zip files

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Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1620876
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~ev
Labels: eco-team
Created: 2016-09-07 01:34:44.108153+00:00
Updated: 2017-01-18 13:12:33.503076+00:00
Closed: —

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Issue body

Re-downloading source tarballs with every fresh pull is unnecessarily time consuming, especially so in build/CI systems like Travis. Snapcraft already uses BaseDirectory.xdg_cache_home for caching debs. Can we extend this to include tarballs?

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