-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/6/2011 5:49 AM, Matteo wrote: > Il 06/11/2011 10:19, Wolfgang Bornath ha scritto: >> 2011/11/6 Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]>: >>> Op zondag 06 november 2011 08:15:12 schreef Wolfgang Bornath: >>> [...] >>>> How is a download of a 600MB iso different from installing >>>> 600MB of updates via net? More, usually you will not need all >>>> updates, only updates of installed packages. >>> >>> because they can be downloaded by someone else and burned and >>> delivered to someone. or, if you're doing multiple installs, >>> you can save time. >> <cut> 2. A DVD with updates This DVD may present a benefit for >> people with small bandwidth or in case of a multiple machine >> environment. Although, in such a case I'd prefer a local >> repository with nightly sync. A DVD with all updates is only a >> snapshot of one moment in the release's life, part of it may be >> outdated next day or week. So, 2 weeks later we have the same >> questions as today. I don't think that Mageia should offer this, >> not talking about the fact that everybody can do this (at the >> time which suits himself) without much knowledge. > >> A DVD with updates is a nice idea for a local community where >> somebody has enough bandwidth to host a local repo (or even >> mirror) and can hand out update snapshots on request for people >> with small bandwidth.. > > I think that having something like apt-zip[1] on Mageia (I mean > based on urpm) could be a good alternative, too. Regards, > > [1] http://wiki.debian.org/AptZip >
"DeltaRPM" <http://freecode.com/projects/deltarpm> Fedora uses it this way: "DeltaRPM Support (Presto)" <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Presto> This page is old. The project/feature is now enabled by default. - -- David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOtmu0AAoJEObJ14kUYB6pFV4IAJyqGv8n/q2LVbhmUpKTuDn6 5RD6gZxXR41qbfvGwzVi/MeNLVhTuUlu9CHbIpQym15HXuEPqiyP0jVscH/dK43+ EK5LOAJb0Y493VRhG7Hi76NDI55rVcI9Jmqbv+8zjJnKHGr5B4y5CWtlIEgpVp62 l/brQ3kk7B9azy9Nw67Wg+cpW3fSWYYD72w2Lp3bJpsotEDvRt0XC3Y3Yg/mVCF6 nzVJMvQ4epV74+BeXDgtPTgq/mnI78X3qoazPORGxBZ6Z9BWbPjuFPLSdj1Mig2q lPeek2PYLn1/ZPi7hn+DV1KZ57iuYCqmKsorbUJBkhrACtSFwuosYb0lwssTtqI= =drNY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
