[Reposting my reply from [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:45:44PM +0900, John McCabe-Dansted wrote: > Zsyncing ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso to xubuntu saves ~63% of > bandwidth over downloading the xubuntu.iso directly. Zsyncing 7.10 to > Hardy alpha-4 saves ~14% of bandwidth; presumably zsyncing between > different alphas saves more than this. > However Zsync requires .zsync files to be available some where on the net. > > Perhaps we should add .zsync files to the cdimages directories?
As far as I can see, zsync is rsync for when you can't actually use rsync due to lack of server support. However, cdimage does support rsync, so why not just use that directly? > (I am testing ubiquity, so I'd like to keep my Hardy iso up-to-date > without blowing my quota. > Also, I notice that manifest and list files are available. Is there > a way to actually use these to build the livecd?) No, I'm afraid not; they're just for information. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
