Bit Shift (bitshift)'s status on Saturday, 18-Aug-12 15:50:22 UTC
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@omni Of course, it would take more space, since the latest full package has to be kept, and deltas from [i]n[/i] old versions to the latest package also have to be kept (where [i]n[/i] is adjusted to the mirror-owner's preference, and users more than [i]n[/i] versions back do a full download this time). So maybe their main priority is keeping space usage low on the mirrors? I still think the time savings would be worth it, but I think I can see why it's not happened. (Also, extending pacman to support delta updates may not be trivial, though I don't know about that.)
