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Re: [gNewSense-users] What does 'deltad' mean?
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Paul O'Malley |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] What does 'deltad' mean? |
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Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:53:23 +0100 |
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Guy Johnston wrote:
> Hi, this is a minor point, but I was wondering what 'deltad' actually means.
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> Thanks,
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> Guy
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delta d
in maths a delta is a finite increment
measure a change d here the d1
the letter d came from dapper from upstream
The inspiration was Mark Shuttleworth's comment about the expense in
maintaining a delta from upstream.
Looking at a distro as a complete unit it is a set of deltas from the
upstream packages.
Managing that delta is another job.
Cheers
Paul