On Friday 28 February 2003 09:29, Stephen Turner wrote: > hey i wanted to mention an idea for portage here so if its a good idea it > could be worked out before going into bugtrax er what not to bug the > developers, but anyways the idea was having updates done in patches (if > source still exists on upgradeing machine) to the current source, perhaps > reducing the dl load for those just updateing. slack does its updates in > this manner from what i understand would it work for us? i realize it > would require more storage on servers but if bandwidth is an issue perhaps > this will help? or are we allready doing this?
This subject has been discussed some long time ago, but while it sounds easy there are many problems that need to be adressed. The portage developers are currently focussing their efforts on other area's that are perceived as being more in need of attention. Of course the idea could be stirred up somewhat, so you could try to submit it. BTW. the gentoo-dev list is a better place for this kind of topic. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Researcher Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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