Re: multithreaded package download

pranjal pandit <[email protected]> writes:

> hello,
> presently yum dose not support multithreaded downloads:
>
> 1)multiple parts download of a single rpm file from a server which would
> increase overall download speed especially of the large sized packages.
>
> 2) simulteneous downloads of two or more packages from different mirrors;
> which would again make process faster in case when a large number of small
> sized packages are to be downloaded(sizes 20kb 50kb).
>
> in both the above cases download process can be made faster.
> is there a possibilty of any work of this sort to be done

 #1 is likely much harder to do that #2, which isn't "simple".

 #2 is "planned" after we move from urlgrabber to "curlgrabber", how
fast that goes and how quickly after that #2 happens depends on the
available time of people doing the work ... which is to say, patches
greatly appreciated :).

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James Antill -- [email protected]