Re: [Duplicity-talk] TotalDestinationSizeChange

[Axel Beckert]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:11:04AM -0500, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> >This is probably because duplicity compresses the data before
> >encrypting and backupping it. Compressing 2.32 MB down to 549 KB is
> >no problem for e.g. a textual or SQL diff.
> 
> The first case that Fabiano reported was just the opposite:

Ack.

> I don't think the two are directly related.

Ack, I just explained the last case. Because there I had an idea.

No real idea what could be the reason in Fabiano's case. Just the
notion that a contextual diff with a lot of small changes can generate
diffs which are much larger than the raw delta.

                Regards, Axel
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