On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Robert G. Brown wrote: > It might be good to first determine the "advantage" of parallel > downloads and the number of systems that would benefit. Presumably, > parallel downloads are "good" because they make things run a bit faster > in cases where one is bandwidth-limited at the server side (so your > local NIC is spending time idle that could be invested on other > connections). <snip> > I personally think that it isn't terribly unreasonable to EXPECT yum to > run more slowly and inconveniently on resource-starved older systems. > Everything else does too, after all -- this is why we call them > "resource-starved older systems". Rewriting a complex tool to be even > more complex to provide a small marginal benefit for those systems seems > like a poor use of scarce developer time. > > rgb > Hear, hear. mod +<asmuchasIcan>. I truly appreciate Seth's 'stubbornness' in the area of 'creepingfeaturitis'. I think your analysis of how to find new features (lots of people doing an 'incremental' extension) is excellent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.rossberry.com "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." Thomas Paine
