RE: IDEA to SERIOUSLY reduce download times!
On 07-Jul-99 John Travers wrote:
> Is there a way to make patches between package updates/upgrades. i.e. the way
> the kernel is done? So instead of downloading whole new binaries, we could
> just
> download source patches and recompile the package...
>
> I have sent this idea before...
>
> Any possibility?
>
Almost. From version 1.0-1 to 1.0-2 those are simply updates to the debian
packaging -- not the upstream source. So sure, grab the packages diff.gz and
away you go.
>From say 1.0 to 1.1 or 2.0 there is a problem. There is likely no clean patch
between the upstream source and the debian packaging.
Whenever a package is uploaded, the new diff.gz is uploaded with it. At any
time you can compile any package in Debian (if not post serious bugs).
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