On Tuesday 29 July 2003 18:45, John Whitney wrote:
> The space requirements are dynamic - they can be scaled to any level
> desired.  We don't need patches for every package.  This is accomplished by
> knowing which patches are available before trying to download them.  You
> can provide a significant number of patches with just 100MB of space.  Take
> a look at my demo repository: ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/deltup/patchfiles. 
> All these patches take under 50MB and are still not fully optimized (newer
> patches will be about 33% more efficient).  It'd be great to start out with
> patches for kernel, kde, gnome, gcc, mozilla, and some other big and
> necessary packages.  Remember, there are a lot of dial-up users out there
> (some with only one phone line! :O :) ) A quota based system would be
> fine...

You also might want to use download figures from a used mirror (not the 
failsafe that is last in the list) to see which patches are actually wanted 
by the userbase. If no-one downloads a certain patch that would signal the 
time has come to remove it.

Paul

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