Re: Proposal (was: should we split up the Packages file in main (for woody))
I think that what he means is that the Packages file contains a field,
MD5sum, which contains an MD5 fingerprint of the package's .deb file.
If a client could download from the server a list of package names and
the md5 sums, then then it could decide which packages have changed,
and request only those records from the Packages file on the server.
I suppose this could be done with some sort of cgi script.
I have to wonder though, would it be worth the effort? Actually
downloading updated packages is a lot more time consuming than getting
the Packages files.
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, ressu@uusikaupunki.fi wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 11:45:53PM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > > > Beneath the traditional monolithic "Packages" file we would have:
> > > > Packages.MD5/MD5sum.list.gz
> > > > Packages.MD5/base/ff5db5ca20eb40471cf623441e2c5d76
> >
> > > because i have to admit, you lost me now... =)
> > But you understood what I wanted to propose? Or is my english too bad?
>
> what i didn't understand was, what you ment with those MD5-sum directories... (or structures)
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>
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