<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2657.73"> <TITLE>RE: A more efficient up2date service using binary diffs</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Gentoo? -----Original Message----- From: fedora-devel-list-bounces@redhat.com [<A HREF="mailto:fedora-devel-list-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:fedora-devel-list-bounces@redhat.com</A>] On Behalf Of Dag Wieers Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 11:08 AM To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core Subject: Re: A more efficient up2date service using binary diffs On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Jeff Johnson wrote: > I ask: > > If you have to rip apart a *.rpm package into it's components in order to > achieve the goal of minimal bandwidth used to transfer a package, > then what exactly is the point of putting the contents in a *.rpm > package in the first place? Wait a minute, why don't we just distribute a CVS repository and SPEC files and leave the building up to the system ? Wouldn't that be a neat idea, we could use Makefiles or shellscripts as glue ? :) -- dag wieers, dag@wieers.com, <A HREF="http://dag.wieers.com/" TARGET="_blank">http://dag.wieers.com/</A> -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power] -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list" TARGET="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list</A> </BODY> </HTML>