On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 10:23 +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > On 11/15/11 18:23, Andre Robatino wrote: > > Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > >> For developers like me which have a F16 repo for mock builds anyway it > >> is quite useful though. A large fraction of the stuff in Packages/ is > >> on my disk already, and with a jigdo I could save quite a bit on > >> bandwidth and download time over my not-exactly-fast internet link ... > > > > Rsync should save almost exactly the same amount of bandwidth, since due > > to the way its algorithm works it will avoid downloading unchanged > > packages and download changed packages in full, just like jigdo. In > > addition you don't have to download a jigdo template file. > > Hmm? How will rsync compose me a .iso out of a bunch of rpms? I take it that Andrea meant to rsync the new iso over the old one (or a copy of it). Nils -- Nils Philippsen "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase Red Hat a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nils@xxxxxxxxxx nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 PGP fingerprint: C4A8 9474 5C4C ADE3 2B8F 656D 47D8 9B65 6951 3011 -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
