THUFIR HAWAT wrote: > On 5/20/05, Jerry Gaiser <jerryg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... > >> Broadband penetration in the US and especially the Western US is > >> *much* smaller than those of you in the big cities imagine. >> > ... > > > I don't like the way this creates a quasi-"internet" class structure. > globally, bandwith is, I believe, a scarce resource. however, if yum (or > foo, whatever) used compressed binaries wouldn't it be, at worst, a wash? > provided you're doing the download and install yourself. The RPM payload is already compressed. -- William Hooper
