Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 01:17:12PM +0200, Andreas Hanke wrote: >> Volker Kuhlmann schrieb: >>> * Downloading >10MB of gziped repodata just to check what changed today >>> is not really acceptable, and a killer for dialup. This also emphasizes >>> the previous point. > > What about: > > - cache the repodata. > - download repomd.xml (very small) > - check if cache is current by comparing the sha1sums.
- have the repodata available twice: uncompressed and bzip2 compressed - first download gets the bz2 version - further syncs use rsync to update the repodata Disadvantages: - need rsync support on servers Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
