On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 08:24:27PM -0400, Peter Silva wrote: > o in spite of being the *default*, it isn't that universal, and in > any event, we can just decide to change the default, no? One can say > to people with bandwidth limitations, that their apt settings should > not delete packages after receipt, so that they can be used as the > basis for updates. And these types of settings would appear to be > rather common already, so it isn't a huge change.
We also have to consider embedded devices. I was told there are small embedded devices with really slow connections around that run debian and automatically update using apt - we don't want those to have to keep around old packages either. And quite practically speaking, I do not want to keep around packages on my system, but I do want deltas, because at 10 Mbit/s, it's a pain to upgrade. I also want to keep my /var small, so I have actually usable space rather than duplicate of files. But since deltas require implementation in dpkg, it's not my decision anyway, it's guillem's. I'm just proposing ideas that seem reasonable. -- Debian Developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev | Ubuntu Core Developer | When replying, only quote what is necessary, and write each reply directly below the part(s) it pertains to ('inline'). Thank you.