Thomas Weber dijo [Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 09:25:04AM +0200]: > > j> By the way, it would be great if the mirrors kept more than just a > > j> week of Diffs. It seems every time I get back from a trip, I end up > > j> uploading the whole Packages.gz file again. Two weeks worth would be > > j> better. > > > > ...for you. > > > > Think about two-week trips, three-week trips, month-long vacations, > > three-months-long vacations, round-the-world trips... Won't this result > > in keeping whole year of diffs? > > No, you can the take the combined size of all diffs as an upper bound. > If it becomes larger than the current Packages.gz file, it's time to > drop older diffs.
Diffs are often quite small. The time needed to establish a connection is often comparable to the time a diff takes to be downloaded... So, even with pipelining and all, storing too many diffs becomes irrelevant. -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
