[QGIS-Developer] Better updating for QGIS3?

[Andreas Neumann]

BTW: the local package cache is also good practice if you want to 
install using OSGeo4W Nightlies on multiple machine on the same network. 
Just put the package cache on a network-drive, point the installer to 
the shared package cache and it is available to several PCs.

Andreas


On 03.01.2018 15:02, Tobias Wendorff wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I've read your discussion about the soft freeze for QGIS3 and the
> idea of "release once, update often".
>
> Right now, OSGeo4W's installer for QGIS3 (on Windows) redownloads
> a whole bunch of packages on every update of a nightly build.
> The amount of data transmitted is not negligible.
>
> There are plenty of users worldwide who do not have unlimited access
> to the Internet. Some users access updates via the mobile network,
> etc.
>
> Could you agree with OSGeo4W how to improve the process? It would be
> useful to transfer only the changed files and not the complete QGIS
> package, which may contain only one or two updated files.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tobias
>
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