* Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050131 19:35]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) writes: > > I guess mirrorer doesn't care for bandwith saving as DpartialMirror, > > correct me if I'm wrong.
> Currently it will always redownload the Packages/Sources files as gzip > on every update to fix a bug in the apt methods. But I already > suggested only updating those that don't match the Release file. And, > unless you have an rsync method for apt, it won't rsync files. > > While rsyncing the Packages files sounds like a good idea to save > traffic it actualy is a bit insignificant compared to the daily > traffic of new sources and debs. > > The good news is that Andreas Barth is working on enabling > Packages/Sources diff files for the Debian archive and that would > reduce Packages/Sources updates to ~30K a day instead of the >3MB > download. Once the apt method for this is written mirrorer can use it. There is code available from Anthony on http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/untiffani and http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/apt-qupdate that works well (well, except if merkel was down for a few days like just happened). Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]