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minus-squareHujaj@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoHence why Fedora Linux actually recently removed delta updates for DNF. Turns out it used more data in retries than just downloading a whole package again.
minus-squareboredsquirrel (he)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoInteresting, didnt know that! That sounds like a fixable issue though…
minus-squareHujaj@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI think they have moved from trying to fix it in DNF, to using the capabilities found in BTRFS for Copy on write. Can’t quite remember exactly.
Hence why Fedora Linux actually recently removed delta updates for DNF. Turns out it used more data in retries than just downloading a whole package again.
Interesting, didnt know that! That sounds like a fixable issue though…
I think they have moved from trying to fix it in DNF, to using the capabilities found in BTRFS for Copy on write. Can’t quite remember exactly.