On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 07:29:24PM +0100, Holger Spielmann wrote: > Hello, Hi, > support for bzip2 compressed package lists would save a non-trivial > amount of bandwith. Packages.bz2 is usually 20..30% smaller than > Packages.gz, same applies to Sources.[gz|bz2] [..]
There is a patch ready that just needs a bit more testing. It will check for Packages.bz2 and fallback to Packages.gz if that is not available. The patch is available at https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/attachment.cgi?id=767 I'm sure it will be merged soon. bye, Michael -- The first rule of holes is: when you find yourself in one, stop digging. - PJ Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo
