On 01/04/10 14:03, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:54:56 +0100 Nathan Wayde<kumyco@konnichi.com> wrote:
Comparing with the delta (between the original packages) which 5.3MB it's not a whole lot while allowing more flexibility(IMHO).
I don't see the point. with binary delta's you get smaller packages and getting the non-changed files "again" doesn't really cause harm, does it? In other words: what useful things does this approach allow you to do that we cannot do right now?
My use-case is for the downgrade scenario where you have upgraded, then later you realize there is some problem and you no longer have any old packages. Now, in theory I could simply rebuild the pkg with local files thus saving the large download. But what would be the point if I can simply get the files I need.