Binary deltas in apt-get?

[Alan Pope]

Hi Donn,

2009/6/11 Donn <donn.ingle at gmail.com>:
> I just saw that Fedora 11's yum can use binary deltas for updating software.
> That's a bloody brilliant idea. I have been relying on similar tricks in rsync
> but never thought it could apply to updates. Do apt/aptitude incorporate this
> anywhere?
>

This was discussed at UDS last month for inclusion in Karmic 9.10.

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/rsync-based-deb-downloads

Cheers,
Al.