On 09.04.2013 19:41, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:36:05 -0400 > "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I am curious to know why anyone would not want to use the deltarpms? >> It works well and I am always looking for ways to save bandwidth, the >> smaller the files I download the better. > > It's a trade off. It saves you bandwith at the cost of local disk space > and cpu time. > > If you have a very fast connection it's usually much faster to just > download the full updates. > > if you have a very slow cpu or low on disk space, assembling the deltas > can make things a great deal slower. > > If you have a slow or metered connection, and lots of cpu/disk, then > deltas are indeed a big win. +1 poma -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
