Modern Update System

[Brian Gerst]

Benjy Grogan wrote:
> Please, this is ridiculous.  Of course it's possible.  You make a 
> decision: i) will a few patches be small/easy to install ii) should i 
> generate a unified patch for this user iii) situation is so bad, just 
> send a whole new rpm...  and there the repository has done some work
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Therein lies the problem: this requires more than a simple web server to 
implement.

 > and
> come up with the best solution for you.  ... and yes, there are many 
> more decisions.. such as cross-package decisions etc...  but this is an 
> absolute must for the next gen linux distros.
> 
> What's Redhat doing?  What's Novell doing?
> 
> Microsoft has their solution

We don't need to repeat their mistakes.  Most RPMs are small enough that 
there is no net gain using this method.

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				Brian Gerst