On Saturday 31 October 2009, Chris Lamb wrote: > Since a few days ago, Debian's dak generates Contents.gz files > using gzip's --rsyncable flag. In my rudimentary tests saves at > least 75% of the an "update" download at a cost of about 4% of the > "initial" download. > > Not sure how well this will fit into apt-file as it is designed > around sources.list, but perhaps the advantage is big enough to > warrant some hacks (perhaps a seperate command-line API where one > can specify an rsync URL?).
apt-file supports downloading PDiff/Index patches out of the box withoud additional configuration. Is it really worth the effort to add rsync support? Cheers, Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
