On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 05:10:24PM +1200, Corrin Lakeland wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 13:59, Glenn McGrath wrote: > > If we put the Packages file under some sort of version control (e.g. > > cvs), bandwidth requirments would be minimised as cvs automatically > > takes care of diff's and patching, and i assume the CPU load from cvs > > server is a lot better than rsync. > > You could use cvsup rather than cvs to reduce load further. But > ideally you'd just use rsync and make the gzip using --rysncable... > However, given the packages.gz file is much smaller than the total > files being downloaded, is it really worth it?
When the mirrors sync, yes, when the average user runs # apt-get update # apt-get -u upgrade No. Fetching Packages.gz over modem is a pain in the arse. Having it only rsync the changes would be so nice. /David -- o/~ It would be so nice, it would be so nice o/~ o/~ It would be so nice to meet some time o/~ Five brownie points to the first to guess the artist...
