[Rpm-ecosystem] A proof-of-concept for delta'ing repodata

[Michael Schroeder]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 10:52:14AM +0100, Igor Gnatenko wrote:
> This would "break" DNF, because libsolv is assigning Id's by the order of
> packages in metadata. So if something requires "webserver" and there is "nginx"
> and "httpd" providing it (without versions), then lowest Id is picked up (not
> going into details of this).

No, this is not correct. Libsolv doesn't use the Id to pick a package,
exactly to be independent on the package order of the repository.

Cheers,
  Michael.

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