[Yum] [UG] parallelizing downloading

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 03:39 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> One of the tricks I remember coming up before is sensibly representing
> parallel downloads on a 80x25 display w/o resorting to something like
> ncurses or snack.
> Additionally, sensibly skipping a mirror or canceling a download in that
> situation, as well.
> 
> While I agree parallel downloads could speed up certain items in yum I'm
> concerned about how complex it could make the interface.
> 
> What do y'all think?

foo-devel   [###    ######    #####    ####    ] 53%

Each segment is a parallel download. The algorithm to calculate each
line increases in complexity, but the algorithm to display stays simple.

As for skipping, kill the slowest connection and try another mirror.

-- 
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net>
http://fedora.ivazquez.net/

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