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Re: [opensuse-factory] [suggestion] YaST-update should NOT refresh all installation-sources when called by opensuse-updater
  • From: Christian Boltz <opensuse@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:32:27 +0200
  • Message-id: <200704221632.28448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hello,

on Sonntag, 22. April 2007, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> On Sun 22 Apr 2007 20:28:37 NZST +1200, Martin Schlander wrote:
> > Also the update source is not relevant here is it? When
> > opensuseupdater tells you that updates are available the update
> > repo has already been refreshed hasn't it? So it won't need to
> > download new metadata again at YOU startup.

Indeed.

> What I mainly object to is the repeated downloading of 98% of
> old metadata and only 2% of new, because everything is packed up in
> the same binary file. A more intelligent design would be 50 times
> faster...

What about using zsync? I never used it myself, but what I read on 
http://zsync.moria.org.uk/ looks very promising :-)

BTW: Volker, could you please provide some info in bug 188068?
(Your patch breaks pin in another way...)


Regards,

Christian Boltz
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