On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 08:07 +0100, Joao Pinto wrote: > Keep in mind that checking for updates involves a non-trivial > download > of package lists from all repositories the user is subscribed > to. > Unfortunately, it is a much more intense operation than it > appears. > > > > AFAIK the download is only performed if the packages list was changed, > if the local file timestamp matches the server file the cache will be > kept intact. This would only have a significant impact for a very > volatile archive. > > It still has to ping and check which does take some upload and download.
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