Re: should we split up the Packages file in main (for woody)

To: ressu@uusikaupunki.fi
Cc: Debian Developement Mailinglist <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: should we split up the Packages file in main (for woody)
From: Sven Rudolph <sr1@loom.sax.de>
Date: 15 Feb 2000 21:06:39 +0100
Message-id: <87bt5iut68.fsf@loom.sax.de>
In-reply-to: ressu@uusikaupunki.fi's message of "Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:24:17 +0200"
References: <20000213212417.F500@zanaga.uusikaupunki.fi>

ressu@uusikaupunki.fi writes:

> ok, lets face it.. the packages file in slink is something like
> <500K (in i386) in potato its >800K.. i think it might be time to
> start splitting it up...

I don't understand how this will reduce the summarized size of all the
parts.

If the problem is download time over low-bandwith links you should get
them via rsync.

It were nice if apt supported rsync.

	Sven
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Sven Rudolph <sr1@sax.de>		http://www.sax.de/~sr1/

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