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. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
