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Bug#417953: apt's Packages.diff: 7 days, but Christmas has 12



Can any one of the three (3) addresses I replied to explain why the following email found its way to my personal inbox? This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened. I believe the only list I've subscribed to is 'debian-user'.

I'm not angry, these can be mildly entertaining coming out of nowhere as they do. I'd just like to know how it happens.

Thanks,
Jim
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Dan Jacobson wrote:
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.46.4
Severity: wishlist

Why go through all the effort to make a Packages.diff directory, and
then only keep one week of diffs in it?

Doesn't the song go "on the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave
to me"...one tiny missing .diff, so I have to download the whole
*/Packages.gz again. (And how to configure apt to get the smaller .bz2?)

"Just use the rsync hack," you chuckle. Yes, long ago I did but let's
not complicate this further.

12 days instead of seven would still be nothing compared to the
whopping .gz or .bz2's that one must download if one does not return
home in time, which is often the case for rural users.

I'm not asking for a whole month of Ramadan of .diffs, just your basic
Christian values of 12 days.

(Wait, I see at least my run of apt-get update downloaded both the .gz
and the 6 MB .gz AND the 4.5 MB .bz2. OK, I will route this message
through the bug tracking system too.)








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