switch --up to --upa in case too many chunks

[Elan Ruusamäe]

would be nice if poldek --up would switch automatically to poldek --upa mode if it sees that the applying by chunks would take longer than loading whole index.

this is especally needed for frequently updated indexes, like th-test

[Elan Ruusamäe (glen666)]

note that this would make the fd leak issue (bug #307183) more transparent, i.e not being relevant anymore :)

[Cactus (uzi18)]

Maybe we can check it by date?
i.e. after 1-2 days it is better to download via upa?

[Marcin Banasiak (megabajt)]

> Maybe we can check it by date?
> i.e. after 1-2 days it is better to download via upa?

No, it's not a good idea. We can't depend on date because repository can be updated once a day or even more often as well as less frequently, e. g. once a week. We really don't know this and we shouldn't force the user to download whole index while there is only one small diff available.

[Cactus (uzi18)]

ok now know how it works, i'll try to manage this bug

[Cactus (uzi18)]

Please test this patch

we add all data for master index (tested)
and all data every date/time patch (tested)
if we reach more update whole index ( not tested)

waiting for feedback

[Cactus (uzi18)]

ok patch's working for me