A more efficient up2date service using binary diffs
seth vidal
skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Wed Mar 9 19:05:31 UTC 2005
> That's a good idea. I'd start here:
>
> http://zsync.moria.org.uk/
>
> Yep, client-side rsync. I don't know the patent status in the US
> (Google for earlier discussions), and don't want to know. Get it
> before the EU becomes a police state too. :-(
>
> It should be an afternoon's work to combine the above with:
>
> http://rpmrebuild.sourceforge.net/
>
> and have a tool that will mirror update directories that contains
> .zsync files. Run some tests locally, then convince a repository
> in the free world to give it whirl. If it works out, perhaps the
> signatures could go in a repository metadata file.
>
Let us know how your afternoon goes.
-sv
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