Request for Comments: updating RPMs using binary deltas

Lamar Owen lowen at pari.edu
Fri Jan 9 01:17:26 UTC 2004


On Thursday 08 January 2004 01:54 pm, Jef Spaleta wrote:
> Is providing a low bandwidth solution to updates really worth the extra
> testing and the extra mirroring..the extra drain on development and
> building resources. Are we saying that low bandwidth people are going to
> have to choose between rpmdiff packages and being able to use custom
> packages or Fedora Alternatives or 3rd party alternative rpms safely and
> effectively?

When updates exceed 100MB _ALL_ users are low bandwidth, and dialup users are 
locked completely out.  So they don't update at all, get hacked, and blame 
Linux.

> that argument. If official mirror maintainers see potential problems
> with carrying the rpmdiffs...their expert opinions need to be taking
> with grave attention.

Absolutely.  I would think mirror operators would love to reduce the load on 
their servers, which this would as I've envisioned it.  And their bandwidth 
bill might even go down.
-- 
Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC  28772
(828)862-5554
www.pari.edu





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