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Re: [Mldonkey-users] An idea for bandwith save
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Bruno Saverio Delbono |
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Re: [Mldonkey-users] An idea for bandwith save |
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Fri, 20 Feb 2004 18:46:01 -0800 |
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Saiyine wrote:
So, here's my idea: what about releasing xdelta patches with every new
mldonkey version as the kernel developers release text patches with every new
kernel??? It would save _lots_ of bandwidth (just compare most of your users
downloading 50 kilobytes instead of 3000!)
Because that would mean that people who've never tried mldonkey would
have to download the old release and apply delta/diff's etc. to make it
current. Remember not all platforms would have xdelta or even gnu diff
for that matter. There is already a requirement to compile ocaml, so I'm
not sure if using another program to just patch the old release to make
it current would be welcome.
You can also save on bandwidth by using CVS_SSH and cvs -z 3-9 -r <TAG>
to apply/upgrade releases
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Bruno Saverio Delbono
Systems Engineer
Open-Systems Group (not-profit) http://www.open-systems.org/
Email: Bruno.S.Delbono at {mail.ac,open-systems.org,wf0.com,lucifer.at}