[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Add deltas to repository database.

[Scott Horowitz]

On 10/7/07, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. We probably need a way to remove 'old' deltas. Of course, I don't
> know what to define as old (probably retain no more than 5 deltas or
> something).

I'd suggest doing it based on date (file creation date?) since some
packages can get pkgrel bumps often in short periods of time (kernel26
anyone?). 6 months seems like a pretty good time span to purge old
deltas..

Scott