Bug#128818: WISH: apt-get update using rsync protocol

[Radim Kolar <hsn@cybermail.net>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: wishlist

My wish is add possible use (optionaly) rsync method when updating lists
of available packages. This will cut down amount of data transfered
considerably.


-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux home 2.2.20 #1 Sat Nov 17 12:08:35 CET 2001 i586
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.2.4-5           GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-0.011006 The GNU stdc++ library