Comments by "Anony Mousse" (@anon_y_mousse) on "Fedora Linux Finally Kills Off Delta RPM" video.

If the deltas were for binary files, I'd be interested in knowing how effective it really was. Like if they used a windowed search method, given how large some binaries are, I would imagine the delta would be huge and save very little for an individual file. Of course, what you've pointed out here was just about how rarely they were actually produced and thus the low savings were from lack of use, but maybe the lack of use was because they're not as useful for binary files anyway. It'd be cool if you did a follow up and talked more about how the delta RPM's were produced.
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@colbyboucher6391 Which is why we need to judiciously kill off certain standards and never allow them ever again. Sometimes that means the oldest, sometimes it means the newest, and sometimes everything in between.
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@Ether_Void If we include de facto "standards" then, no, we definitely won't be killing any standards. But official standards that come from committees, those are easy targets. Knowing them for maintenance is a must, but using them for new code is a no go and is already kind of done, we just need to kill off programs that adhere to bad standards, whether new or old.
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@Poldovico You've identified one of the few problems with OSS and interestingly democracy as well. Sometimes the majority is just wrong and makes bad decisions. The only way to really fix it is to make good decisions and hope the majority wise-up and follow suit. Since they often refuse to follow a good decision, for many varied reasons, it's one of the key reasons why humanity will eventually die out.
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@Ether_Void I think you misunderstand what I meant. It seems most people do, so you're not alone. It's not about limiting choice, and it's not like there's going to be a lack of it just because of any given standard. Look at POSIX, which most distros at least partly target. Would you consider that it's a standard that has limited choice? I would hope not. As for dystopia, we are already there due to most choosing to stringently adhere to broken standards.
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