Re: slowing down point releases
On Jul 31, Jim Pick wrote:
>
> > Do it! Please... (just a question, I ever thought that diff'ing
> > binary files gives very little in size gain, how did you resolved
> > the problem?)
>
> Basically, I'm not going to diff the binary files (although my system
> could be extended to do that). It's just going to take advantage of
> the fact that most of the files that make up one package
> (say xbase_3.3-3_i386.deb) are still in the next version of the
> package (say xbase_3.3-4_i386.deb).
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Jim
Oh yes! This would be a Good Thing (tm). All the poor and hungry students,
that have nothing to eat and drink, because they pay an ernourmous telephon
bill (like me, in germany), will be grateful.
Thank you,
Marcus
--
"Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."
Marcus Brinkmann
Marcus.Brinkmann@rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/
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