A more efficient up2date service using binary diffs

[seth vidal]

> That's a good idea.  I'd start here:
> 
>     http://zsync.moria.org.uk/
> 
> Yep, client-side rsync.  I don't know the patent status in the US
> (Google for earlier discussions), and don't want to know.  Get it
> before the EU becomes a police state too. :-(
> 
> It should be an afternoon's work to combine the above with:
> 
>    http://rpmrebuild.sourceforge.net/
> 
> and have a tool that will mirror update directories that contains
> .zsync files.  Run some tests locally, then convince a repository
> in the free world to give it whirl.  If it works out, perhaps the
> signatures could go in a repository metadata file.
> 

Let us know how your afternoon goes.

-sv