On 10/12/04  Beber wrote:

> Marius Mauch wrote:
> 
> >>dev.gentoo.org:/space/distfiles-local
> >>    
> >>
> > 3. developer uploads patch to dev.gentoo.org:/space/patches-local
> > and
> >
> >
> >I don't see a reason to separate patches from distfiles.
> >  
> >
> I think my english is bad, tell if you don't understand what I want to
> 
> say :/
> 
> I think that it's not to separate patch from distfiles (a lot are 
> already avaible) but to have a emerge sync faster and less bandwith 
> consumer.
> many many patch are on sync server, many are not apply due to proc 
> architecture or USE flag.
> Thoses patch that are on distfiles server aren't necessary download
> like on sync
> I think that it can be a way to take for futur.
> 
> Like an other thing (for bandwith use) : if an update of a pacquet is 
> avaible : why download are the new sources instead of just a patch ?

You're talking about something completely different, I'm just talking
about the location on dev.gentoo.org, that has nothing to do wether a
patch or a full tarball is used.

Marius