Better repodata performance (was: redhat abe)

[seth vidal]

On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 17:11 -0200, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jan 29, 2005, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> wrote:
> 
> > How about having multiple repodatas, the base one and small
> > incremental ones, the incremental ones containing also package
> > cancelations? As a side effect this would also reduce download
> > bandwidth and thus make even clients/users happy (not only repo
> > maintainers).
> 
> +1.  Heck, make it +2.
> 
> I agree with Axel, for a change :-)
> 

How would it reduce bandwidth - you'd have to download and parse
multiple entries and you'd STILL have to do just a much work on the
repo-side b/c you'd have to check all the packages for changes.

-sv