On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 1:19 AM Jan Kurik <jku...@redhat.com> wrote: > > = Proposed System Wide Change: Zchunk Metadata = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Zchunk_Metadata > > > Owner(s): > * Jonathan Dieter <jdieter at gmail dot com> > * Neal Gompa <ngompa13 at gmail dot com> > > > All dnf repository metadata will be compressed with the zchunk format rather > than xz or gzip. > > > == Detailed description == > Currently Fedora's repository metadata is compressed using the xz and gzip > formats. Zchunk is a new compression format designed to allow for highly > efficient deltas. When Fedora's metadata is compressed using zchunk, dnf > will download only the differences between any earlier copies of the metadata > and the current version.
How does this work with distribution upgrades? If we only produce zchunk compressed metadata, but dnf in f28 doesn't even understand it, that seems wrong. josh _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6TQXRLW7AA4KLQNZFT2YPXOEOPUPQ7FI/
