Re: [arch-general] Xz, space savings and delta ... my findings

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:54:56 +0100 Nathan Wayde 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? interesting little experiment though. it's always cool to compare numbers ;) Dieter