[haiku-development] Re: Package manager

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:29:02 +0200 CEST

Romain <romain.haiku@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Beside the bundle/no bundle package definition, it seems important to 
> me
> that updates can be done in an incremental way. Its seems that only 
> full
> updates are considered for the moment. However more and more software
> provide incremental updates to avoid downloading the full application 
> when
> only definition files must be modified, or when a single patch to one 
> file
> is needed. 

Sure, incremental updates should be easily possible - but that's what 
the package manager does for you, you will only download full packages 
if you want to install new software.

Bye,
   Axel.


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