Bug#56434: acknowledged by developer ([wishlist] apt should use a 'difference' transfer mode, ala patch(1))

[Seth R Arnold <sarnold@willamette.edu>]

Jason, this is where enhancing the program comes into play. >:-> It
doesn't support it *now*, but it *could* support it in the future, if it
were to be programmed to support it.

:)

Perhaps, reassigning the bug to -policy would make sense, to get changes
between .debs to be a standard in some other format.

Thanks Jason, have a nice day. :)

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> It is not a bug that APT does not support something that doesn't exist :P
> 
> There is no means in debian to download or even create inter package
> diffs!
> 
> There is no means in debian to download inter-package file diffs!
> 
> Jason
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