Isn't Fedora working on something like this right now?? Only downloading the pieces that were updated? If yes, It would help to look at what they are doing.
Markus Hitter wrote: > Am 31.01.2009 um 15:09 schrieb Davyd McColl: > >> I don't appreciate a 78mb download every other day because one >> config item in the kernel config has been changed or tweaked. > > I think what you are really asking for are incremental packages. > Additional to full packages, each server would supply a package-diff > which would allow to upgrade a given package to the next version. > > This isn't exactly trivial (you'd have to un-archive and re-archive > packages to get meaningful diffs, it has to be binary safe and allow > to remove files), but I've read about this idea on this list before. > Perhaps you can find this spot and start working out something like a > concept or even mockup code. > > > MarKus > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter > http://www.jump-ing.de/ > > > > > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
