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I really do want to know though (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Well, one part of it is that Flatpak pulls data over the network, and sometimes data sent over a network doesn't arrive in the exact same shape as when it left the original system, which results in that same data being sent in multiple copies - until one manages to arrive correctly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Hence why Fedora Linux actually recently removed delta updates for DNF. Turns out it used more data in retries than just downloading a whole package again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, didnt know that! That sounds like a fixable issue though...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I think they have moved from trying to fix it in DNF, to using the capabilities found in BTRFS for Copy on write. Can't quite remember exactly.

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