On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 16:38, Jason Greenwood wrote: > Yes, better use of rsync in software manager could REALLY save some > serious bandwidth. I don't understand why there is not more widespread > use of rsync??
I know that modem users would love it. hmmmm gets me thinking.. > > And why is there no major ftp client that supports that protocol?? > > Cheers > > Jason > > David Walser wrote: > > Jason Greenwood wrote: > > > >> It would also be great if dialog box came up before downloading > >> packages that asked if you wanted to keep the rpm's on your system > >> after download. It could also say somehting like, "packages will be > >> held in /var/cache/urpmi/rpms until you delete them" > > > > > > And if it held onto the RPMs, when updating in the future it could > > rename the RPMs to new version names and use rsync for a shorter download. > > > > > > > > > > > >
