dear all, first of all, I am happy to see that debdelta is useful. There was an attempt to integrate in aptitude in the past, as a apt-method (there are some traces in the code since). But keep in mind that debdelta is integrated in 'cupt' that is another package manager, similar to 'aptitude'. A. Il 15/03/2016 00:04, Axel Beckert ha scritto: > Hi, > > Yuri D'Elia wrote: >> First, some debdelta praise: I've been using debdelta on and off over the last >> years depending on the circumstances. Whenever I'm working on a lousy/slow >> internet connection (quite often, unfortunately), debdelta is effectively my >> only chance to perform upgrades to massive packages like tetex, libreoffice, or >> the like. The bandwidth saving are, in most cases, absolutely enormous >> (especially when packaging tweaks are being pushed). > Same here. > >> It would be awesome if aptitude itself supported debdelta when installed. This >> would mean to run `debdelta-upgrade [selected package list]` as opposed to >> downloading the packages directly. I couldn't care less about the progress >> meter in this scenario, and having "something that works" would be better than >> just running "debdelta-upgrade" blindly and then continuing with aptitude. > aptitude uses apt methods to download files. So I think that > integration should be done as an apt method for easier integration > with _any_ apt based package manager and to avoid duplicating the > integration effort. > > The documentation for developing such a backend is at > /usr/share/doc/libapt-pkg-doc/method.html/index.html (in the package > libapt-pkg-doc). > >> I believe *many* users would realize debdelta existed if debdelta was actually >> integrated into aptitude and suggested as a dependency. debdelta is suggested >> by 'libcupt' (and thus, when cupt is installed), but sincerely I have no use >> for another frontend if I'm already using aptitude. > JFTR: cupt is _not_ yet another frontend but on the same level as apt. > >> It would also be *very* important, irregardless if debdelta is installed and/or >> if it will ever be integrated on a lower level, to allow the user to switch >> between regular/debdelta updates though an option in the configuration: >> debdelta trades between CPU time and bandwidth, and if you have a decent >> network connection, debdelta is often slower. A setting is definitely >> warranted. > Definitely, yes. > > Regards, Axel
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