On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 10:53:14PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > it might be easier to just generate fewer diffs on the server side, if > there is no matching diff available apt will fall back to using the > standard method. you will however find out that the size of all diffs > together is already less than the size of the regular packages file.
There is a penalty per-request (both on the client and the server side), and a penalty for piecing the diffs back together on the receiving end, both of which are > ε. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
