debdelta support

Registered by Colin Watson

Support debdelta upgrades of Ubuntu.

Blueprint information

Status:
Started
Approver:
Steve Langasek
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Michael Vogt
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Michael Vogt
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for oneiric
Implementation:
Blocked
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Michael Vogt

Related branches

Sprints

Whiteboard

Work items:
write client side implementation spec (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebdeltaAptIntegration): DONE
work with Debian on client side apt integration: INPROGRESS
discuss with debdelta upstream about indexfile support: POSTPONED
get Torsten Spindler's proof-of-concept for debdelta against Ubuntu (runs on macaroni): DONE
deploy a test server based on the work of Thorsten on a Canonical machine for natty-{security,updates} to test and develop against (rt ticket #46678): BLOCKED
[mvo] talk to launchpad about scheduling an implementation in the server

http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2011#DebDelta_APT_Native_Integration
infrastructure support: lead time?

Session notes[Broken with 404]: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-o/meeting/foundations-o-debdelta/

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but the session notes link directly above is broken.

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Work Items

Dependency tree

* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.