What is the problem with the mirrors?

[Volodymyr M. Lisivka]

вт, 2004-03-23 у 18:22, seth vidal написав:
> On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 11:07, Volodymyr M. Lisivka wrote:
> > п╡я┌, 2004-03-23 я┐ 16:53, seth vidal пҐп╟п©п╦я│п╟п╡:
> > 
> > > The problem is simple.
> > > 
> > > 1. LOTS of changes last week to development
> > rpmdelta and subversion?
> 
> We still need all the data on the mirror servers.

Quick list of advantages/disadvantages of the new method:

 + only differences between versions of compiled RPM will be transfered
(rpmdelta <= RPM);
 + can get any version of the RPM at any time;
 - two scripts needed to store/restore RPM in/from repository;
 - can't reexport SVN repository (+ if do rsync on SVN repository
itself);
 - need to keep all files on the server to apply deltas;
 - can't use apt/yum directly.

PS.
Even just plain rpm-deltas will be much better than simple downloading
of the whole RPM every time when it changed (eg. size of a quick
security fix or translation update in libc will be only 1/10000 to size
of the whole libc package).

-- 
Best regards, Volodymyr M. Lisivka
icq#14549856