Re: standard apt/yum meta-data format
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 01:22:10PM +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> Note that "more files" usually mean "more load on the mirrors" -- you
> definitely do not want too much splitting of such files either. (Yes, it
> might sound harsh to the people on low-bandwidth lines, I know. :-) ) This is
> also the primary reason why using rsync for apt is usually discouraged.
Well, also the mirrors have less load, if they only need to load the
changes, and if they have to serve less data.
Greetings
Bernd
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