Jesse Keating wrote:
On Wednesday 11 April 2007 13:38:15 Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> You don't expose them really to any additional risks by default. If the
> delta rpms are already mirrored, yum just ignores them without the
> plugin. Since the plugin is already in Fedora Extras users just would
> have install them explicitly to use the delta rpms. The plugin falls
> back to downloading the full rpm if the delta rpm fails or is not
> available.
It is still not something I want to do to a released product, or even Fedora 7
after the feature freeze. The generation of the delta rpms, the layout, the
use of the plugin, etc.. these are all codepaths that need more
exposure/testing during an open development phase. I think it's great that
you guys have gotten it to the point it is now, and I really look forward to
seeing it get wider use once we start up Fedora 8. I just don't want to add
new features/functionality into 7 and 6.
Agreed that it is too late to enable DeltaRPM by default in Fedora 7.
However, the yum plugin will be available in the distro as an optional
add-on.
We should begin discussion of things like:
- standardize a future directory structure and location for deltarpms
within the new mirror format.
- where and how deltarpms are generated to land on the master mirror.
- Are we satisfied with the existing metadata format for deltarpm?
After we have settled on standards for all this, then we can add
production deltarpm to the mirrors for Fedora 7 users to optionally use.
Perhaps by Fedora 8 we can enable the plugin by default.
Warren Togami
wtogami(a)redhat.com