Security updates should be delta updates. If the update is too large,
some people might not download and install it. Feature updates are not
that important.
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Windows and android have delta updates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_update
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Title:
debdelta integration / zsync support
To
Work on delta debs was being done in
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Spec/DeltaDebs amongst other places,
but it kind of stopped a bit. Deltas are getting harder and harder to
justify with increasing speeds and less and less data caps, but it's
certainly something I'm interested in developing.
Oh, also building the deltas (which is fairly expensive), and which
deltas to build are important points to consider.
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Title:
debdelta
Blocking points raised are:
- We need to be able to validate that the delta is correct before using
it. We could
+ provide delta indices like we have packages - this does require pdiff support
so we don't have to download the entire index everytime, as that would make
deltas pointless for
** Changed in: apt (Baltix)
Status: Invalid = Confirmed
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Title:
debdelta integration / zsync support
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** Changed in: apt (Baltix)
Status: New = Invalid
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Title:
debdelta integration / zsync support
To manage notifications about this
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SmallerUpdates gives a lot of (outdated?)
information on this.
This problem is even more serious now that Ubuntu is pushing paid apps
like games through the Software Store. Downloading a 4 GB game for a
simple bug fix is not pleasant.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug
** Changed in: apt
Status: Unknown = Fix Released
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Title:
debdelta integration / zsync support
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Retitled, so it can be found when searching for the common keywords.
** Summary changed:
- Binary patch updating
+ debdelta integration / zsync support
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