[olpc-software] Package manager stuff

Mike Hearn mike at plan99.net
Tue Mar 14 19:49:46 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 14:32 -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
> No copying of files. Thats magic because you will need to unpack them,
> and the copying cost is pretty much all the cost with ipkg.

Only if they're compressed: if the laptops can read CDs or USB keys then
many apps could be distributed in uncompressed form. Ditto for network
mounts.




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