Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-09 Thread Frank Ch. Eigler
kevin wrote: > I think it's because you only see deltas from N to N+1 now and before > you saw deltas from N to N+X before. So, I think if we made it somehow > create older deltas, you would again see better savings. The issue > doesn't just cause there to be fewer deltas, but it also causes

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-09 Thread Demi Marie Obenour
On 11/9/21 7:46 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 04:39, Rajeesh K V wrote: >> I remember seeing 60-70% reduction really often, and 90+ periodically. I've read Kevin's explanation of why it's not working as well now, but I wonder what changed between

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-09 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 04:39, Rajeesh K V wrote: > > > > I remember seeing 60-70% reduction really often, and 90+ periodically. > > > I've > > > read Kevin's explanation of why it's not working as well now, but I wonder > > > what changed between the early implementation when results were very

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-09 Thread Rajeesh K V
> > I remember seeing 60-70% reduction really often, and 90+ periodically. I've > > read Kevin's explanation of why it's not working as well now, but I wonder > > what changed between the early implementation when results were very good > > and now, when they really aren't. > > I think it's

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Demi Marie Obenour
On 11/8/21 12:36 PM, Simo Sorce wrote: > On Sat, 2021-11-06 at 07:43 +, Daniel Alley wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:03:50PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski- >>> Górecki wrote: >>> I do think we should drop drpms or make them more useful, but I >>> don't >>> think there's any security angle

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 10:43:33AM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 11/7/21 01:14, Rajeesh K V wrote: > > Deltarpm did > > reduce a lot of update download size for many years since 2007 > > > I remember seeing 60-70% reduction really often, and 90+ periodically.  I've > read Kevin's explanation

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Simo Sorce
On Sat, 2021-11-06 at 07:43 +, Daniel Alley wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:03:50PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski- > > Górecki wrote: > > I do think we should drop drpms or make them more useful, but I > > don't > > think there's any security angle here. (see below) > > > > drpms work by

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Robbie Harwood
Stephen John Smoogen writes: > On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 04:32, Michael Schroeder wrote: >> >> On Sat, Nov 06, 2021 at 07:43:02AM -, Daniel Alley wrote: >> > Another issue - which is not per-se a security issue but it's still a >> > problem - is that deltarpm uses md5 checksums pervasively.

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 05:19:39PM -0600, Robby Callicotte via devel wrote: > Having deltarpms turned on by default would seem to make the most sense in > the > IOT/Edge space, but in order to reap the most benefit these systems would > have > to download the deltas daily. Fedora IoT uses

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 04:32, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 06, 2021 at 07:43:02AM -, Daniel Alley wrote: > > Another issue - which is not per-se a security issue but it's still a > > problem - is that deltarpm uses md5 checksums pervasively. They're > > everywhere. And it uses

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Demi Marie Obenour
On 11/8/21 5:02 AM, Fabio Valentini wrote: > On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 11:47 PM Marius Schwarz wrote: >> >> Am 11.08.21 um 22:03 schrieb Marek Marczykowski-Górecki: >>> - there is also argument that people's connection bandwidth nowadays >>> tends to be fast enough to make the package rebuilding

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Sun, 7 Nov 2021 at 13:44, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > On 11/7/21 01:14, Rajeesh K V wrote: > > Deltarpm did > > reduce a lot of update download size for many years since 2007 > > > I remember seeing 60-70% reduction really often, and 90+ periodically. > I've read Kevin's explanation of why it's

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 05:17, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 11/8/21 01:23, Demi Marie Obenour wrote: > > On 11/7/21 12:15 AM, Sumit Bhardwaj wrote: > >> It is not always about speed. There are still plenty of places in the world > >> where people are on limited data plans and to them using delta rpms

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread mkolman
On Sat, 2021-11-06 at 23:46 +0100, Marius Schwarz wrote: > Am 11.08.21 um 22:03 schrieb Marek Marczykowski-Górecki: > > - there is also argument that people's connection bandwidth > > nowadays > >     tends to be fast enough to make the package rebuilding actually > >     slower than downloading

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/8/21 01:23, Demi Marie Obenour wrote: On 11/7/21 12:15 AM, Sumit Bhardwaj wrote: It is not always about speed. There are still plenty of places in the world where people are on limited data plans and to them using delta rpms makes a lot of sense. They can work with slow speeds but not

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Fabio Valentini
On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 11:47 PM Marius Schwarz wrote: > > Am 11.08.21 um 22:03 schrieb Marek Marczykowski-Górecki: > > - there is also argument that people's connection bandwidth nowadays > > tends to be fast enough to make the package rebuilding actually > > slower than downloading the

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Sat, Nov 06, 2021 at 07:43:02AM -, Daniel Alley wrote: > Another issue - which is not per-se a security issue but it's still a problem > - is that deltarpm uses md5 checksums pervasively. They're everywhere. And > it uses its own implementation of md5 which doesn't respect FIPS, so even

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-08 Thread Demi Marie Obenour
On 11/7/21 12:15 AM, Sumit Bhardwaj wrote: > It is not always about speed. There are still plenty of places in the world > where people are on limited data plans and to them using delta rpms makes a > lot of sense. They can work with slow speeds but not with high data > expenses. So i feel turning

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-07 Thread Robby Callicotte via devel
On Saturday, November 6, 2021 11:15:00 PM CST Sumit Bhardwaj wrote: > It is not always about speed. There are still plenty of places in the world > where people are on limited data plans and to them using delta rpms makes a > lot of sense. They can work with slow speeds but not with high data >

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-07 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 11/7/21 01:14, Rajeesh K V wrote: Deltarpm did reduce a lot of update download size for many years since 2007 I remember seeing 60-70% reduction really often, and 90+ periodically.  I've read Kevin's explanation of why it's not working as well now, but I wonder what changed between the

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-07 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Sun, 7 Nov 2021 at 00:16, Sumit Bhardwaj wrote: > > It is not always about speed. There are still plenty of places in the world > where people are on limited data plans and to them using delta rpms makes a > lot of sense. They can work with slow speeds but not with high data expenses. > So

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-07 Thread Rajeesh K V
> > It is not always about speed. There are still plenty of places in the > > world where people are on limited data plans and to them using delta > > rpms makes a lot of sense. They can work with slow speeds but not with > > high data expenses. So i feel turning it on by default and having a > >

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-11-06 21:15, Sumit Bhardwaj wrote: It is not always about speed. There are still plenty of places in the world where people are on limited data plans and to them using delta rpms makes a lot of sense. They can work with slow speeds but not with high data expenses. So i feel turning it

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Sumit Bhardwaj
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Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 2:22 AM Demi Marie Obenour wrote: > I have almost always seen it *increase* download times, In my experience, while the download times may be (slightly) reduced, on a number of my (slower) systems, the rebuild of the rpm itself took longer then it would have taken to

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Demi Marie Obenour
On 11/6/21 6:47 AM, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 3:43 AM Daniel Alley wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:03:50PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: >>> I do think we should drop drpms or make them more useful, but I don't >>> think there's any security angle here. (see

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Demi Marie Obenour
On 11/6/21 7:42 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 11/6/21 15:46, Marius Schwarz wrote: >> Am 11.08.21 um 22:03 schrieb Marek Marczykowski-Górecki: >>> - there is also argument that people's connection bandwidth nowadays >>>     tends to be fast enough to make the package rebuilding actually >>>    

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/6/21 15:46, Marius Schwarz wrote: Am 11.08.21 um 22:03 schrieb Marek Marczykowski-Górecki: - there is also argument that people's connection bandwidth nowadays     tends to be fast enough to make the package rebuilding actually     slower than downloading the whole package (but that

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 11.08.21 um 22:03 schrieb Marek Marczykowski-Górecki: - there is also argument that people's connection bandwidth nowadays tends to be fast enough to make the package rebuilding actually slower than downloading the whole package (but that really vary between different

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Reon Beon via devel
Yeah rsync would be nice for instead at least for repository refreshes. No? ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct:

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Daniel Alley
That's a fair point, I was actually not aware that https://github.com/rpm-software-management/drpm contained a completely separate implementation of applydeltarpm. ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Neal Gompa
On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 3:43 AM Daniel Alley wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:03:50PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > I do think we should drop drpms or make them more useful, but I don't > > think there's any security angle here. (see below) > > > > drpms work by downloading

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-11-06 Thread Daniel Alley
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:03:50PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > I do think we should drop drpms or make them more useful, but I don't > think there's any security angle here. (see below) > > drpms work by downloading the delta, then using it + the version you > have installed to

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-08-12 Thread Demi M. Obenour
I believe they have. ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines:

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-08-12 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 01:00:26AM +0200, Fabio Valentini wrote: ...snip... > > I wonder why there's so few drpms in most transactions I see? > Does this system not prioritize packages, like, those that are > installed on all variants, or installed by default on Workstation? So, it's

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-08-12 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 12:00:16AM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 02:02:39PM -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > > drpms work by downloading the delta, then using it + the version you > > have installed to recreate the signed rpm (just like you downloaded the > > full

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-08-11 Thread Fabio Valentini
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 11:03 PM Kevin Fenzi wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:03:50PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I think deltarpm is not really useful anymore: > > - there are very few drpm files in the repository, see for example: > > > >

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-08-11 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 02:02:39PM -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > drpms work by downloading the delta, then using it + the version you > have installed to recreate the signed rpm (just like you downloaded the > full signed update) I'm worried about this process specifically. It does rather heavy

Re: deltarpm usefulness?

2021-08-11 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:03:50PM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > Hi all, > > I think deltarpm is not really useful anymore: > - there are very few drpm files in the repository, see for example: > >