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List: gentoo-dev
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP for Deltup package update system
From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv () gentoo ! org>
Date: 2003-07-30 9:43:43
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On Tuesday 29 July 2003 18:45, John Whitney wrote:
> The space requirements are dynamic - they can be scaled to any level
> desired. We don't need patches for every package. This is accomplished by
> knowing which patches are available before trying to download them. You
> can provide a significant number of patches with just 100MB of space. Take
> a look at my demo repository: ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/deltup/patchfiles.
> All these patches take under 50MB and are still not fully optimized (newer
> patches will be about 33% more efficient). It'd be great to start out with
> patches for kernel, kde, gnome, gcc, mozilla, and some other big and
> necessary packages. Remember, there are a lot of dial-up users out there
> (some with only one phone line! :O :) ) A quota based system would be
> fine...
You also might want to use download figures from a used mirror (not the
failsafe that is last in the list) to see which patches are actually wanted
by the userbase. If no-one downloads a certain patch that would signal the
time has come to remove it.
Paul
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