[Yaroslav Halchenko] > 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
Sounds like you want a dpkg mode where you can pre-depend on a prior version of your own package, and _not_ delete files that are shipped by the base package that are not shipped by the 'delta deb'. Because of this pre-dependency, you would not be able to install this deb as a new install, it would have to be an upgrade. Tool support for being able to install a base deb in order to install an updated deb would be pretty hairy, I expect, as would infrastructure support for providing both in the same Packages file. -- Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/ -- 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/20100930215214.ga3...@p12n.org
