From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (sdf.lonestar.org [207.202.214.132]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04BACAC74E for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 02:39:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from eread@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) id g927d8K18506 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:39:08 GMT Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:39:08 +0000 From: Evan Read To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] portage question Message-ID: <20021002073908.GA12221@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> References: <3D9A2B1A.5010903@level7.ro> <20021002092206.0e79a105.bain@reaper.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021002092206.0e79a105.bain@reaper.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 5f8cb432-71a7-480b-99a6-c5cb3aeb0c4e X-Archives-Hash: 8e3ed5fd5adfa6731ba9ba2ba65834b5 On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 09:22:06AM +0200, Henti Smith wrote: > On Tue, 01 Oct 2002 23:09:14 +0000 > Leon Chiver wrote: > > > I've installed gentoo and I must say that I'm very pleased whith it. > > Marvelous job. > > But there's still one feature I'm missing and which regards the update > > procedure: wouldn't it be nice if we could upgrade from one version of a > > package to another by only downloading the diff? A few days before I've > > installed mozilla-1.0, today I emerged 1.0.1. But I had to download the > > entire 1.0.1 archive, instead of only a diff file. For people with a > > limited internet access this would be a really great feature. > > Does anyone know, is such an improvement planned? > > I had a look on the bugzilla page and did a few searches .. didn't se anything that pertains to this, but I have to admit .. > In the image of gentoo this should have been in portage already. > > being able to update packages just with patches would be really nice for us low bandwidth users .. > There was a thread about why the kernel stuff isn't done that way. It was discussed that it is very hard to allow for people that sit at very different kernel versions to be able to upgrade with one ebuild. Yes, one can do all the checks to see what is needed to go from 2.4.x to 2.4.19 (or even 2.2.x to 2.4.19) and just fetch the right diff, but that is much more difficult than "get latest source, unpack into /usr/src and patch". There is nothing stopping anyone from creating thes ebuild themselves and posting them on the web say "diff2.4.16to2.4.19.ebuild" and giving people the ability to use them , even if they don't get commited. Back to Mozilla, mozilla is a less complicated beast. If someone has a diff, then numberous ebuilds can be created to cover all the bases, or build the logic into one ebuild. Maybe email the maintainer to ask "why not" and if he says "because", then write one yourself ;) -- Evan Read http://eread.freeshell.org "The future comes 60 minutes an hour no matter who you are or what you do." The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis