> Also, I do wonder what the highest update frequency should be for data > packages. > Some databases for instance release weekly or even daily snapshots, but > updating a 10g debian package each week probably is not what we want. I guess my follow-up is the result of being smoke deprived today:
concerning duplicate data if needs to be "applied" and purged (comment from Simon): for HUGE DBs with frequent updates -- may be we could come up with data package chains -- i.e. with some base package version + sequence of dependent packages with binary deltas which get applied upon installation? e.g. data-blob-1.0.0 data-blob-1.0.0+1 data-blob-1.0.0+2 ... ? -- .-. =------------------------------ /v\ ----------------------------= Keep in touch // \\ (yoh@|www.)onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko /( )\ ICQ#: 60653192 Linux User ^^-^^ [175555] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100930184559.gy12...@onerussian.com