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Why doesn't MariaDB use delta RPMs?

Yeah every time I do an update I am downloading about 150MB of data. Other updates that I install via yum update only downloads what's changed and that's it.

"Delta RPMs (DRPMs) are a very new way to upgrade packages on your Fedora Linux system. Unlike regular RPM packages, which contain all files required to install a package, DRPMs contain only the changes between two package versions. This allows you to do full updates in a much shorter time. For example, instead of downloading a full 10MB for an update where only 500kb of content changed, a DRPM package will only hold the 500kb of data which changed."

Can this be changed?

Answer Answered by Daniel Bartholomew in this comment.

I think this is a good idea. I've filed a feature request in JIRA to track this: https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-11889

Please add any details you think are relevant to implementing this feature and click on "Start watching this issue" to it to receive updates (you have to be logged in to JIRA to do this).

Thanks!

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