On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 01:17:12PM +0200, Andreas Hanke wrote: > Volker Kuhlmann schrieb: > > * Use delta rpms. Superb technology, why throw it out the window? > > Rumours say that this will definitely come back and that the current > lack of support for deltarpms is temporary. It was lost during the port > of YaST to libzypp, but not thrown out of the window. > > > * Downloading >10MB of gziped repodata just to check what changed today > > is not really acceptable, and a killer for dialup. This also emphasizes > > the previous point. > > This is mandated by the switch to repomd. repomd's design doesn't allow > downloading only a subset of metadata because all metadata are stored in > a single XML file. (It's actually not a single XML file, but the effect > is the same as if it were.) > > Fixing this would require one of the following: > > a) Reverting the just introduced switch to repomd. Probably not an > option. Or: > > b) Major modifications to the repomd standard. Not possible without a > consensus between all parties that use it.
What about: - cache the repodata. - download repomd.xml (very small) - check if cache is current by comparing the sha1sums. Ciao, Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
