On Friday 01 December 2006 12:54, Andreas Hanke wrote: > Keith Goggin schrieb: > > I've noticed that <filelists.xml.gz> is refreshed by Yast YOU if it has > > changed on the server. It takes me about 4 minutes to download from > > <mirror.pacific.net.au> and is currently 2.9MB in size. > > It's really insane. This XML stuff has made SUSE distros basically > unusable without a broadband connection. 3MB before the distro is even > released - crazy! > > > I had a look at this compressed text file and observed that it contains a > > very large proportion of redundant data. > > > > /a/b/c/d/e/file1 > > /a/b/c/d/e/file2 > > etc > > > > If this file could be compressed further by omitting the redundant data > > the compressed version would download much faster and may improve the end > > users experience of updating their system. > > Yes, there are much more efficient ways to store these data than repomd > does. But hey, XML is so much cooler. > > Maybe one of those talented persons who designed repomd should have a > look at /var/lib/locatedb. It's able to store equivalent information > about 2 Linuxes, 1 Windows system and a lot of user files in just 2.5MB. > Thanks to not using XML.
Err ... Yes, it's just that I'm trying not to use emotive language :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
