-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
Robert Schiele wrote:
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 02:08:24PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
I know that. But for the initial download, a bzip2 compressed file is likely to be much smaller than a gzip compressed file. About 30% on that type of file. Do you think this is worth the effort to accept having redundant data in the repository with an additional risk of inconsistencies?
Yes. Because if it is done right, no inconsistencies can happen.
No need of pursuing down that path anyway, mandating rsync on mirror servers is a blocker ;) cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <pascal.bleser@skynet.be> <guru@unixtech.be> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEfMZ2r3NMWliFcXcRAqpkAJwPGjVmjxUAZzLMrCpZPKfrPJXryACfdIgo /RRvPB5uRxyc7IqYw5vNdt8= =Uj0I -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----