Zsync for Packages files

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Friday 17 July 2009 1:13:06 pm Max Bowsher wrote:
> Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> > I have not compared zsync with pdiffs. Ubuntu does not use pdiffs
> > because it generates Packages files every hour, and it seems that ruins
> > the usability of pdiffs.
> 
> That's interesting - I would have thought that it would simply lead to
> many small pdiff files being created, but the system overall still
> working fine. How is the usability damaged?

(Guessing) Unless you update every hour, the pdiff won't work for you because 
it's against a newer version than what you've got, maybe?

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
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