On Sunday 01 November 2009, Chris Lamb wrote: > Stefan Fritsch wrote: > > apt-file supports downloading PDiff/Index patches out of the box > > withoud additional configuration. Is it really worth the effort > > to add rsync support? > > Well, --rsyncable seems to be a far much cleaner solution to the > pdiff stuff, which is not covered by all mirrors and may not live > forever.
Huh? I am sure more mirrors support http than rsync, http works over proxies while rsync doesn't, and I don't see a reason why the pdiff stuff should disappear. Are there any mirrors that have Contents.gz and not the pdiffs? This would require specific setup by the mirror admin. Also, rsync puts more cpu load on the mirror than http. I don't think using rsync makes sense. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
