Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > The problem is that every byte not shared is multiplied by 11 (soon > 12), extra Packages on the other hand only add a few bytes to the > Packages file. More like a kilobyte per package, per Packages file. Yes, I have done the math, and it's not clear to me if a few kilobytes downloaded daily by many of our users, some on thin pipes, has a lesser cost than a few megabytes sitting in a few mirrors. Especially since bandwidth is generally more expensive than disk. That's why I asked where the dividing line is. If we do not do something, Debian may be completly unusable for dialup users within a few years. I can already only manage to update my unstable systems once a week. Is this important? More or less important than the number of mirrors we can field? > Even if that doubles the number of packages its not > realy more complex. And you go on to propose some complex ways of dealing with it in a UI.. -- see shy jo
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