Bug#707672: general: binary diffs of large packages

2013-05-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 08:24:17PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Control: reassign -1 debian-reference > > On Sb, 11 mai 13, 09:44:37, Justin B Rye wrote: > > > > Debdelta may be handy for Testing/Unstable users doing daily upgrades, > > but I don't see how it's going to be any help for Sta

Bug#707672: general: binary diffs of large packages

2013-05-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Control: reassign -1 debian-reference On Sb, 11 mai 13, 09:44:37, Justin B Rye wrote: > > Debdelta may be handy for Testing/Unstable users doing daily upgrades, > but I don't see how it's going to be any help for Stable users doing > biennial dist-upgrades. You're right, I didn't read up on how

Bug#707672: general: binary diffs of large packages

2013-05-11 Thread Justin B Rye
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 10 mai 13, 13:50:39, David Prévot wrote: >> debdelta is not really new, not sure the release-notes is the best place >> to advertise it, maybe debian-reference would be better suited if not >> already documented there. > > Upgrading to a new stable release probably r

Bug#707672: general: binary diffs of large packages

2013-05-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 10 mai 13, 13:50:39, David Prévot wrote: > > debdelta is not really new, not sure the release-notes is the best place > to advertise it, maybe debian-reference would be better suited if not > already documented there. Upgrading to a new stable release probably results in downloading an ord

Bug#707672: general: binary diffs of large packages

2013-05-10 Thread David Prévot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, Le 10/05/2013 08:51, David Prévot a écrit : > Le 10/05/2013 03:51, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : > >>> At the end of a slow line it would still be nice to be able to download >>> only >>> the actual binary differences between versions of a packag

Bug#707672: general: binary diffs of large packages

2013-05-10 Thread David Prévot
Hi, Le 10/05/2013 03:51, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : >> At the end of a slow line it would still be nice to be able to download >> only >> the actual binary differences between versions of a package during an >> upgrade. >> Especially for larger packages. > > As mentioned, this is already possi

Bug#707672: general: binary diffs of large packages

2013-05-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Control: reopen -1 Control: reassign -1 release-notes On Vi, 10 mai 13, 02:43:28, ant wrote: > Package: general > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Debian, > > At the end of a slow line it would still be nice to be able to download only > the actual binary differences between versions of a package d

Bug#707672: general: binary diffs of large packages

2013-05-09 Thread ant
Package: general Severity: wishlist Dear Debian, At the end of a slow line it would still be nice to be able to download only the actual binary differences between versions of a package during an upgrade. Especially for larger packages. I'm sure it is possible to do technically, but it may r