On 5 October 2010 15:28, Tux99 <tux99-...@uridium.org> wrote: > This would reduce the space requirements on the mirrors and it would mean > that Mageia is a "rolling distro" for most apps, making it more attractive > compared to ubuntu/Fedora/opensuse and at the same time reduce the workload > for packagers.
No. No space would be saved. package foobar-1.1-2mdv2010.1 and foobar-1.1-2mdv2011.0 are _NOT_ the same They'll end in different files (different sizes & checksums) b/c: - different ENVR - different build environement (build against libc+libboo+... of 2010.1 & 2011.1 respectively)
