http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11000/
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!

[539 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #11000


]]> en-us Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:27:05 +0000 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:03:12 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/11000/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:34:17 +0000 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.]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:55:48 +0000
And cutting down on bandwidth would be good if you must pay for every MB/GB]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:09:52 +0000 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:08:03 +0000
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.]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:24:07 +0000
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).]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:35:19 +0000 +1

]]> Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:56:36 +0000 +1]]> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:04:37 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:20:44 +0000 * Fixed hppa FTBS by adding ABI files from -19.33.

For me this is 26MB, and I don't have a HPPA processor!
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