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[Sam Varshavchik]

Chris Jones writes:

> 
>>> From what I see yum is doing, it download the primary, the other file, 
>>> and 
>> possibly filelists, /every/ time a single package gets added to the 
>> repository. Even though 99% of the content is the same as before.
>> 
>> This, in my opinion, does not really such an optimum design to me. You 
>> should /not/ have to download /everything/ every time a single package 
>> changes.
> 
> Out of interest, how are these files downloaded ? Would it be possible 
> to use something like rsync to avoid downloading the whole file, and 
> only get the 'bit' that changed ?

Only if the files are uncompressed. Then you can use rsync, but you now have 
to set up rsync as an additional requirement for publishing a package 
repository.

With HTTP 1.1 partial chunking, and some careful set up, your only 
requirement remains just a basic Apache install, without needing anything 
else.


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