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Idea
#11000: Quicker, more efficient updates
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Written by bryhoyt the 10 Jul 08 at 20:27.
Category: System.
Related to:
Update manager.
Status: New
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Description
There should be a more efficient format for apt-get (or the update manager) to download updates. Firstly, it should only need to download the files that have changed in a package (not the whole package), and secondly, it should download a DIFF of those files.
My latest update contains a 34.2 WHOPPING MB update to the linux restricted modules. Here's the changelog:
* Fix broadcom Makefile to get correct objects from split-module.
I'm downloading 34.2Mb just to get a *Makefile update*??? I don't even use any broadcom stuff. Even if I did, I probably wouldn't care enough about a Makefile to make it worthwhile downloading 34.2Mb!
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Tree MendUs wrote on the 10 Jul 08 at 23:55
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It is possible to choose not to download any particular update.
I agree that the current system looks inefficient.
And your solution is good.
It would also cut down on bandwidth, and server loads, at both Ubuntu and Ubuntu users' ISPs.
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magnet14 wrote on the 11 Jul 08 at 02:09
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+1 for downloading only changed files
And cutting down on bandwidth would be good if you must pay for every MB/GB
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Sidney wrote on the 11 Jul 08 at 09:08
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Concerning your example: The makefile update means that the whole package was built again with the new makefile and _that_ is your update. The makefile itself is pretty useless with pre-built binaries.
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chipbennett wrote on the 11 Jul 08 at 15:24
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Yes, this is a great idea.
However, it is the ELEVENTH duplicate of Idea #13:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13/report_duplicate/
That said, I think the author of Idea #13 really needs to edit the idea to add more relavent keywords/tags so that the idea is more searchable by those keywords/tags.
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bryhoyt wrote on the 13 Jul 08 at 20:35
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droetker & chipbennett, thanks very much for finding the dupes. You're right -- this is the eleventh duplicate.
Developers, are you listening? This means people really want this!!
Tree MendUs, you're right -- you can choose not to download any particular update, but it's not possible to ignore it permanently. Next time you open the updates window, it'll be selected again.
Furthermore, I like to keep my system fully up-to-date, no matter how little I need or want a particular update. If updates were 10Kb rather the 10Mb, it would help immensely.
Sidney, true, the Makefile means the whole build changed. But still: the build probably only changed by a few Kb (if not merely a few bytes -- just guessing).
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origin415 wrote on the 14 Jul 08 at 16:56
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Especially bad with OpenOffice changes.
+1
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gutnov wrote on the 15 Jul 08 at 21:04
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One of the most important things to be implemented!
+1
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urandom wrote on the 15 Jul 08 at 22:20
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Firefox and Apple updates use 'bsdiff' to send binary data and patch those bad applications. Ubuntu and/or Debian should seriously consider using it as well.
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kizza wrote on the 16 Jul 08 at 11:52
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Latest changelog for linux-headers:
* Fixed hppa FTBS by adding ABI files from -19.33.
For me this is 26MB, and I don't have a HPPA processor!
def +1
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Auzy wrote on the 16 Jul 08 at 13:46
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Apparently there is debdelta too (as discussed in the original idea), which debian has used for ages.
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