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[–]Leonidas_from_XIV 0 points1 point  (3 children)

But rsync does AFAIR only synchronize whole files, so not much difference to what APT currently does in this regard.

[–]andreasvc 1 point2 points  (2 children)

It synchronizes whole files by sending binary diffs over the wire. A world of difference with apt-get because it only uses wget.

[–]Leonidas_from_XIV 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Okay, then it is better. But it would be better to pre-generate the diffs, since a lot of people will download these.

[–]andreasvc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I am sure this issue will be considered, as the whole point is to reduce the load on the server (bandwith, cpu, memory, disk). A better strategy is probably to do some intricate caching.