[Yum-devel] error on grabber.py documentation

Albert Lozano buitrenca at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 13:15:02 UTC 2008


Hello,
I am a newbie so I do not know whether this is a silly issue, but I
guess I have found a minor error on this documentation.
I think there are some mistakes using set_banwidth and set_throttle, concretly:

*) set_throttle(6250000); set_throttle(1.0) # float
I guess should be set_bandwidth(6250000); set_throttle(1.0)		

*) set_throttle(6250000); set_throttle(2.0) # float
I guess should be set_bandwidth(6250000); set_throttle(2.0)
		
*) set_throttle(6250000); set_throttle(0) # throttle = 0
I guess means  set_banwidth(6250000); set_throttle(0)
		
*) set_throttle(0); set_throttle(1.0) # throttle is float, bandwidth = 0
I guess means set_bandwidth(0); set_throttle(1.0)

If I am wrong could somebody explain why ? because I do not get the
point of use two times set_throttle?
thanks



BANDWIDTH THROTTLING

	urlgrabber supports throttling via two values: throttle and
	bandwidth Between the two, you can either specify and absolute
	throttle threshold or specify a theshold as a fraction of maximum
	available bandwidth.

	throttle is a number - if it's an int, it's the bytes/second
	throttle limit.	 If it's a float, it is first multiplied by
	bandwidth.	If throttle == 0, throttling is disabled.	 If None, the
	module-level default (which can be set with set_throttle) is used.

	bandwidth is the nominal max bandwidth in bytes/second.	 If throttle
	is a float and bandwidth == 0, throttling is disabled.	If None, the
	module-level default (which can be set with set_bandwidth) is used.

	THROTTLING EXAMPLES:

	Lets say you have a 100 Mbps connection.	This is (about) 10^8 bits
	per second, or 12,500,000 Bytes per second.	 You have a number of
	throttling options:

	*) set_bandwidth(12500000); set_throttle(0.5) # throttle is a float

		This will limit urlgrab to use half of your available bandwidth.

	*) set_throttle(6250000) # throttle is an int

		This will also limit urlgrab to use half of your available
		bandwidth, regardless of what bandwidth is set to.

	*) set_throttle(6250000); set_throttle(1.0) # float

		Use half your bandwidth

	*) set_throttle(6250000); set_throttle(2.0) # float

		Use up to 12,500,000 Bytes per second (your nominal max bandwidth)

	*) set_throttle(6250000); set_throttle(0) # throttle = 0

		Disable throttling - this is more efficient than a very large
		throttle setting.

	*) set_throttle(0); set_throttle(1.0) # throttle is float, bandwidth = 0

		Disable throttling - this is the default when the module is loaded.

	SUGGESTED AUTHOR IMPLEMENTATION (THROTTLING)

	While this is flexible, it's not extremely obvious to the user.	 I
	suggest you implement a float throttle as a percent to make the
	distinction between absolute and relative throttling very explicit.

	Also, you may want to convert the units to something more convenient
	than bytes/second, such as kbps or kB/s, etc.

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