yum 2.1 & new metadata
With the new metadata format - yum appears to download 3M of metadata
for rawhide - eachtime yum in invoked.
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% yum update
Setting up Update Process
Setting up Repo: development
repomd.xml 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 944 kB 00:03
developmen: ################################################## 3523/3523
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I'm guessing the 3523 referes to 3523 kB - and probably referes to
repodata/filelists.xml.gz (and perhaps other files)
Isn't this a lot more datatansfer than the older format? (for each yum
invocation)
Satish