2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc3fedb2..caa24f09 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 - add some missing methods, allows to do urpmf --qf '%sourcerpm:%requires'
+- bump split-length from 8 to 50
+  improves installing gnome in a chroot from 14m to 11m
 - update bash completion
 - fix some warnings with perl 5.20
 
diff --git a/urpm.pm b/urpm.pm
index 7ee88f74..4b4eeac8 100644
--- a/urpm.pm
+++ b/urpm.pm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sub xml_info_policies() { qw(never on-demand update-only always) }
 sub default_options {
     { 
 	'split-level' => 1,
-	'split-length' => 8,
+	'split-length' => 50,
 	'verify-rpm' => 1,
 	'post-clean' => 1,
 	'xml-info' => 'on-demand',