Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:34:16 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unfortunate dynamic linking for everything Message-ID: <200311192134.hAJLYGHV002844@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0311192126430.3227-100000@a.mx.ict1.everquick.net>
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:GAD> Many freebsd users (me for one) are still living on a modem,
:GAD> where even one bump of 1.5 meg is a significant issue...
:GAD>
:GAD> Remember that the issue we're talking about is security
:GAD> updates, not full system upgrades. "Everyone" would want
:GAD> the security updates, even if they're on a slow link.
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:When security updates change but a few bytes, it seems that some
:xdiff- or rsync-like algorithm would be an apropriate way to
:distribute patches.
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:Eddy
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:Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division
Security updates are a red hearing regardless because they are few
and far between compared to even a modem-user's bandwidth (especially
those modem users who are likely to read the security lists aren't going
to care if it takes an hour to download a non optimal binary patch if
it only happens a few times a year).
-Matt
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