Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 15:40:11 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>, Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <3D2B664B.64079A1F@mindspring.com> References: <20020707152651.V679-100000@master.gorean.org> <3D2A191C.3103D0FB@softweyr.com> <xzp65zpl0tf.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes: > > If you're sensible about the encoding, the metadata doesn't have to be > > at the beginning of the media. > > Yes, it does, to allow installation from non-rewindable streams. And to allow partial downloading of the package via HTTP GET range requests, in order to obtain the metadata for e.g. "KDE", without having to download the entire 18TB it would take up over a 28K modem line. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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