Re: yum-presto not on by default

[Yuan Yijun <bbbush yuan gmail com>]

2009/9/24 Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com>:
>
> That is not the issue. There are two issues:
>
> - Compressing a file on different arches, while it produces output
> that any arch can decompress, does produce *different* output.
> - Compression of xz is not fast.
>

So long as RPM is not rebuilt on client's computer, xz is definitely a
favorable choice: less download, fast decompression.

What about to rebuild unzipped RPM on client's computer, and compare
its signature with pre-calculated one? It should be fast on server
side (pre-calculate signature for all drpm is too slow, as seth said.)


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