Re: Back Again

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At 9:42 AM +0100 8/1/07, Chris Jones wrote:
>>> From what I see yum is doing, it download the primary, the other file,
>>> and
>> possibly filelists, /every/ time a single package gets added to the
>> repository. Even though 99% of the content is the same as before.
>>
>> This, in my opinion, does not really such an optimum design to me. You
>> should /not/ have to download /everything/ every time a single package
>> changes.
>
>Out of interest, how are these files downloaded ? Would it be possible
>to use something like rsync to avoid downloading the whole file, and
>only get the 'bit' that changed ?
>
>For me this is the only bit of yum I still find a little annoying. The
>new sqlite format may be bigger, but it is much faster to parse. If the
>download time could be improved, then for me yum wouldn't be OK.

There is a plan to extend the forthcoming use of delta-rpms to the yum
metadata.
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