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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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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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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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yussri
wrote on the 8 Oct 08 at 12:21
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this is life saving idea especially for us that still using dial up connections
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Even though I like this idea, I think that getting it to work will be tricky since it would have to be changed upstream as well (as in, with Debian and other Debian-based distro's). And getting that through will take time, patience, blood, sweat, a sore throat (interpret that however you like ;) and coding skills.
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edajai
wrote on the 1 Nov 08 at 06:39
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If some ubuntu-developer is reading this, please seriously consider proposing this for the next UDS. We need to implement this for 9.10 atleast if not 9.04, as this is the only area Ubuntu realy lacks behind Opensuse
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nickpick
wrote on the 24 Nov 08 at 14:03
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This sounds good, but I doubt that we'll see it any time soon.
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