On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Rahul Sundaram<<a href="mailto:sundaram@fedoraproject.org">sundaram@fedoraproject.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi<br>><br>> <a href="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=904">http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=904</a><br>
><br>> "Fedora 11 introduced a great new feature: delta RPM updates. This<br>> feature creates delta RPM packages (.drpm) that are binary “patches” to<br>> the existing RPM packages. Instead of downloading all files, regardless<br>
> of whether they have changed or not, a delta RPM will only download the<br>> files that have changed compared to the previous RPM package.<br>><br>> Once the delta RPM is downloaded by the Presto plugin for yum, it will<br>
> try to reconstruct a full RPM based on the contents of the previous RPM,<br>> plus the newly changed files from the delta RPM. The newly-created RPM<br>> will then be installed by yum."<br>><br>> Rahul<br>
<br>Its a great feature certainly. I am already reaping the benefit.<br>I can keep my Fedora setup updated by downloading less amount.<br>kudos to the developers and package manager.<br><br>Cheers // Imtiaz Rahi<br>Ogden Nash - "The trouble with a kitten is that when it grows up, it's always a cat."