Using zsync for .deb downloads: initial benchmark results

[Martin Owens]

On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 17:05 +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> The problem with deltas is that there either need to be a lot of them,
> or people will not have the suitable one.

Generated Deltas would be ideal, making sure that mirrors only get full
debs and then having binary deltas generated as they are requested. 

Client says "I want 1ubuntu3, I have 1ubuntu2" Server generates 3>4
delta if not already and serve, if client doesn't yet have it installed
or major revision, then provide full package.

But I have no idea how feasible automatic deltas are, workloads on
generating them etc.

Martin,