Download of 6GB is wild, is that re-downloading the entire package for each one that needs an update? Shouldn’t it be more efficient to download only the changes and patch the existing files?
At this point it seems like my desktop Linux install needs as much space and bandwidth than windows does.
Download of 6GB is wild, is that re-downloading the entire package for each one that needs an update? Shouldn’t it be more efficient to download only the changes and patch the existing files?
At this point it seems like my desktop Linux install needs as much space and bandwidth than windows does.
Patching means rebuilding. And packagers don’t really publish diffs. So it’s use all your bandwidth instead!
Which is WAY more economical.
Rebuilding packages takes a lot of compute. Downloading mostly requires just flashing some very small lights very quickly.