Bug#372712: apt: Shouldn't download pdiffs in all cases

2006-11-21 Thread Sam Morris
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 02:52 +0100, Aurélien Le Provost - Ribaltchenko wrote: > >> It is possible to disable the pdiff files with: > >> apt-get update -o Acquire::PDiffs=false > > > > I have disabled Apt's pdiff "feature" for now. > > Can I ask you if you do this on the command line each time (or w

Bug#372712: apt: Shouldn't download pdiffs in all cases

2006-11-21 Thread Aurélien Le Provost - Ribaltchenko
Hello, I don't keep my Debian testing uptodate and it's a fact than the pdiff method is really longer. After few days (a week ?) make a day-by-day summary is more expansive than get directly the new Packages file ; after a month it's catastrophic. >> It is possible to disable the pdiff files w

Bug#372712: apt: Shouldn't download pdiffs in all cases

2006-06-19 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-06-11 11:20:47, schrieb Mike Hommey: > PS: Is there a way to totally disable the pdiff stuff ? With decent > bandwidth, it actually takes more times than downloading the full file... > (Or is the goal to reduce the bandwitdh on the server side ?) AFAIK on the Server side and for peoples w

Bug#372712: apt: Shouldn't download pdiffs in all cases

2006-06-15 Thread Julian Mehnle
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Maybe I'm wrong but I asked some apt maintainer before how the > downloading works. It should fetch the index, find all the patches > needed from the old Packages file to the current one and then fire off > all the donwlods together using the http keep-alive option. Th

Bug#372712: apt: Shouldn't download pdiffs in all cases

2006-06-12 Thread Michael Vogt
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 11:20:47AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.6.44 > Severity: wishlist Thanks for your bugreport. > When you don't apt-get update for a while, downloading all the pdiffs > instead of the full file is actually much longer. There should be a limit > of

Bug#372712: apt: Shouldn't download pdiffs in all cases

2006-06-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 07:29:10PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Package: apt >> > Version: 0.6.44 >> > Severity: wishlist >> > >> > >> > When you don't apt-get update for a wh

Bug#372712: apt: Shouldn't download pdiffs in all cases

2006-06-11 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 07:29:10PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Package: apt > > Version: 0.6.44 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > > > When you don't apt-get update for a while, downloading all the pdiffs > > instead of the fu

Bug#372712: apt: Shouldn't download pdiffs in all cases

2006-06-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: apt > Version: 0.6.44 > Severity: wishlist > > > When you don't apt-get update for a while, downloading all the pdiffs > instead of the full file is actually much longer. There should be a limit > of days without update after which apt would get t

Bug#372712: apt: Shouldn't download pdiffs in all cases

2006-06-11 Thread Mike Hommey
Package: apt Version: 0.6.44 Severity: wishlist When you don't apt-get update for a while, downloading all the pdiffs instead of the full file is actually much longer. There should be a limit of days without update after which apt would get the full file and not the pdiffs. PS: Is there a way to