Lars Wirzenius wrote:
[ Please remember the Debian list policy of not Cc'ing public replies. ] pe, 21-02-2003 kello 19:53, Kevin Rosenberg kirjoitti:Lars Wirzenius wrote:We have for some time now heard complaints that the Packages files are too big.I must have missed that discussion. I wasn't aware that the size of Packages files is a problem. I'll do a google search. My goal is to improve, rather than injure, Debian.Large Packages files take a long time to download - not everyone has broadband.
Isn't the whole concept of downloading a large Package file when 99% of the contents are identical to the Package file already on your computer fundamentally flawed? What about using rsync to download the package files? Whatever happened to apt-pupdate?