Hello Spider, On Thursday 27 November 2003 01:44, Spider wrote:
> > What about only downloading diffs (if available) and applying it to > > the older version. This would reduce download times on client side > > and load on server side. Ok - there must be a method to decide when > > it's better to retrieve a complete package. > > *Harumm* > > > Your thoughts ? > > Old idea, old implementation. Google around a bit (or look in the > archives) I think it was on -dev, its called "xdelta" and somone > (lisa? carpaski? ) had it patched in. Will have a look to it. > using static diffs would simply be a regression since there would be > more changes to a build, and more complexity. better to work with a > regressive behaviour thats all-portage supported, and have a fallback to > normal. But sometimes the diffs are already prepared by the package authors. An example are the kernel sources. regards Petric -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
