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Date: | Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:58:52 -0400 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Parallel downloading of Cygwin packages |
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On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:19:58PM +0100, Ron de Bruijn wrote: >I use the latest installer, but it only uses one mirror to download >packages from at the same time. I have the impression that the mirror >I selected only gives about 30KB/s, which makes installing Cygwin slow. >What I would like the installer to do is to download from all mirrors >in parallel different packages and in case one mirror doesn't respond >that it just drops that one and uses another one. The mirrors together >should be able to saturate my connection. I'd like the installer to use a more intuitive UI, be more capable of running from the command line, and be able to handle RPMs. FYI. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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