On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Andre Robatino <robat...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > FYI, I provide delta ISOs between Alpha Gold, Beta Gold, and Final Gold in > > http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/deltaisos/Gold_releases/ > > This should be much more efficient than either jigdo or rsync in terms of > bandwidth, since these both basically just avoid downloading unchanged > packages, > but download changed packages in full. Delta ISOs also do that, but in > addition > use delta rpms for changed packages. The size of delta ISOs for Alpha->Beta, > or > Beta->Final, is typically around 15-20% of full ISO size. The size for (N-1) > Final to either N Alpha, N Beta, or N Final is about half full size. The ones > for 17 Final to 18 Alpha are there now and are 43.0% and 43.7% of full size > for > i386 or x86_64, resp. > > If the goal is just to save bandwidth, rsync should work about as well as > jigdo, > as mentioned above. If one wants to get a speedup from using simultaneous > connections, besides the torrents, you could look at the aria2 package (the > binary in it is called aria2c). > > (Note that the name "Gold_releases" of the directory may change, since there > is > currently a debate about whether the word "Gold" confuses people when applied > to > Alpha or Beta.)
Wow, thanks a lot for the awesome service! ;) Didn't know about this. Should this be published somewhere on the front/download page? This is great. Thanks! -- It's hard to be free... but I love to struggle. Love isn't asked for; it's just given. Respect isn't asked for; it's earned! Renich Bon Ciric http://www.woralelandia.com/ http://www.introbella.com/ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
