Well, that's fuckin' awesome. Someone could tag Openoffice to use the yum plugin if they wanted it to be updated using the deltas approach and save 100 MB just like that.<br><br>Implementing the delta updates with the yum plugin is perfect. I'm going to follow this up and see what I can learn. I hope there are others out there as well that are interested in working on this. It's not my idea, but definitely needed your comments below to move this idea forward.
<br><br>If a few different methods were available for updating rpms then there could be another level that automates the decision making to look for the most feasible method to use.<br><br>Benjy,<br>AWWTF<br><br><br><br><div>
<span class="gmail_quote">On 11/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeff Spaleta</b> <<a href="mailto:jspaleta@gmail.com">jspaleta@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 11/28/05, Benjy Grogan <<a href="mailto:benjy.grogan@gmail.com">benjy.grogan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> This must be done. Who wants to start? Who could start?<br>Must? You're mastery of hyperbole takes my breath away.
<br><br>It's already been suggested to you that you look back into the<br>archives the the this list and find previous discussions. You seem to<br>be suffering from the delusion that this is a new idea. This comes up<br>every release.. and yet it doesn't get much further than a proof of
<br>concept code release that gains absolutely no traction.<br><br>Since you seem incapable of searching the archives on your own let me<br>point out a previous discussion:<br><a href="https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-March/msg00344.html">
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-March/msg00344.html</a><br><br>Please, read the whole thread and take the time to figure out the<br>people in the thread who agree with you as to what is needed, contact
<br>those people and see how far they have gotten with a usable<br>implementation.<br><br>Hell, now that yum's plugin support is exposed there is absolutely no<br>reason stopping people who are interested in showing this is
<br>worthwhile to support officially from cobbling together a yum plugin<br>to put into extras and persuading a set of mirrors to keep the daltas.<br> With plugin support in yum, the complexity of the proxy server in the<br>
thread i referenced above is problably no longer needed.<br><br>Instead of more exaggerated rhetoric, what's need to move this concept<br>forward is a usable implementation that can go into Extras and a set<br>mirrors willing to support your delta approach. And then find a way
<br>to keep metrics as to how popular the delta process is and whether its<br>worth the upkeep to maintain.<br><br>-jef"mother-smurfer"spaleta<br><br>--<br>fedora-devel-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:fedora-devel-list@redhat.com">
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