Re: Binary Deb 'Diffs'

1999-09-17 Thread Chris Rutter
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Jordan Mendelson wrote: > Just a quick idea, instead of having to download an entire package where 95% > of the files don't change, what about downloading a type of binary diff? I can > think of two ways to do it: I've wanted something like this for a while -- I was also wond

Re: Binary Deb 'Diffs'

1999-09-16 Thread Daniel Burrows
Perfect timing, I was just going to prod debian-devel about this over the weekend.. On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 12:56:04PM -0400, Jordan Mendelson was heard to say: > > Just a quick idea, instead of having to download an entire package where 95% > of the files don't change, what about downloading a

Re: Binary Deb 'Diffs'

1999-09-16 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 16 Sep, Jordan Mendelson wrote about "Binary Deb 'Diffs'" > > Just a quick idea, instead of having to download an entire package where 95% > of the files don't change, what about downloading a type of binary diff? I can > think of two ways to do it: &g

Binary Deb 'Diffs'

1999-09-16 Thread Jordan Mendelson
Just a quick idea, instead of having to download an entire package where 95% of the files don't change, what about downloading a type of binary diff? I can think of two ways to do it: 1) Package everything in a type of 'pdeb' (patch deb). It should contain reconfiguration information, and files w