Re: New field proposed, UUID
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 12:55:36AM +0000, James Troup wrote:
> "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <shaleh@valinux.com> writes:
>
> > > Good grief. This would require all non-rsync mirrors to redownload
> > > *every* .deb in the newly released distribution in whole, and
> > > would require every user to redownload every package they've
> > > installed if they want to upgrade from foo-unstable to
> > > foo-stable. It'd also mean package signatures would not be
> > > checkable without special tools.
> >
> > [...] But yes, mirrors will need to sync.
>
> Mmkay... 9 Gb mirror pulse... that will work. (not)
That's a seperate issue that does not pertain to the UUID's. Let's discuss
this later.
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