Using zsync for .deb downloads: initial benchmark results

Wouter Stomp wouterstomp at gmail.com
Tue Jul 14 17:51:27 BST 2009


On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Lars Wirzenius<lars at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Before I continue working on this, I'd like to have some feedback on
> this: is a 25% reduction in download sizes worthwhile to pursue?

Are there any other ways to make the updates smaller (>25%)? Delta
rpm's in fedora typically give savings of 60-90%. Would a similar
mechanism be feasible for Ubuntu?

Cheers,

Wouter



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