:GAD> Many freebsd users (me for one) are still living on a modem,
:GAD> where even one bump of 1.5 meg is a significant issue...
:GAD>
:GAD> Remember that the issue we're talking about is security
:GAD> updates, not full system upgrades. "Everyone" would want
:GAD> the security updates, even if they're on a slow link.
:
:When security updates change but a few bytes, it seems that some
:xdiff- or rsync-like algorithm would be an apropriate way to
:distribute patches.
:
:
:Eddy
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:Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division
Security updates are a red hearing regardless because they are few
and far between compared to even a modem-user's bandwidth (especially
those modem users who are likely to read the security lists aren't going
to care if it takes an hour to download a non optimal binary patch if
it only happens a few times a year).
-Matt
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