Bug 5889

Summary:	Add Delta rpm/deb/ipkg support to reduce the size of package updates.
Product:	[Runtime] Package Management Issues	Reporter:	Randy MacLeod <randy.macleod>
Component:	package-management-issues	Assignee:	Randy MacLeod <randy.macleod>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Medium	CC:	bluelightning, sgw
Version:	1.7
Target Milestone:	Future
Hardware:	All
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Yes (doc changes required)

Description Randy MacLeod 2014-02-26 20:38:16 UTC

To keep up with the binary updates of other Linux distros, delta package updates as described here:
   http://www.linuxforu.com/2010/09/exploring-software-delta-packages-speed-up-updates-by-downloading-less/

should be supported in oe-core.

The courgette compression from the Google Chrome team seems best but even strict binary deltas would be good.

Comment 1 Randy MacLeod 2019-04-11 18:45:25 UTC

This enhancement can be dropped.
OSTree (https://ostree.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ) and other technologies can be used to manage systems and minimize download image sizes.

If there's a different use case that someone has, please re-open the enhancement.