Benjy Grogan wrote:
Please, this is ridiculous. Of course it's possible. You make a decision: i) will a few patches be small/easy to install ii) should i generate a unified patch for this user iii) situation is so bad, just send a whole new rpm... and there the repository has done some work
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Therein lies the problem: this requires more than a simple web server to
implement.
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come up with the best solution for you. ... and yes, there are many more decisions.. such as cross-package decisions etc... but this is an absolute must for the next gen linux distros.What's Redhat doing? What's Novell doing? Microsoft has their solution
We don't need to repeat their mistakes. Most RPMs are small enough that there is no net gain using this method.
-- Brian Gerst