On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 03:59 -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > 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. > so wait - you're talking about downloading the SAME file in parallel? I don't think anyone here has been suggesting that so far and as far as complexity goes that's WAY beyond where we started. -sv
