In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian K Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >This is a VERY interesting concept. I would think that this could >even be applied to the binaries. Since much of the changes are to >text based config files or the Debian control files. I envision a >patch based upgrade for the Debian revision updates. Just update the >files that have actually changed, and then update the dpkg status >files to reflect the upgrade. Of course if there is a binary update >then that would be included in the update package. This would be a >huge savings for those of us who live off of dpkg-ftp over a dialup >connection. Has this been discussed on debian-devel?
I think someone suggested it. Was it Jim Pick? ISTR the idea was to use an rsync-like algorithm to generate the binary patches. -- Charles Briscoe-Smith White pages entry, with PGP key: <URL:http://alethea.ukc.ac.uk/wp?95cpb4> PGP public keyprint: 74 68 AB 2E 1C 60 22 94 B8 21 2D 01 DE 66 13 E2 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
