X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <416096c60911020446x3e1cb001td775078fcf85e4be@mail.gmail.com> References: <4AEAD9EE.4010009@gamr7.com> <20091030125852.GB1361@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4AEBA0D2.5060001@gmail.com> <416096c60911020446x3e1cb001td775078fcf85e4be@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:14:04 -0600 Message-ID: <4a89b8680911020914x4d63b4f1rf3897129d2df29ba@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Parallel downloading of Cygwin packages From: paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 06:46, Andy Koppe wrote: > > *splutter*. You obviously haven't seen setup.exe's source code, and > you're forgetting that any such solution also needs to be integrated > into the UI, most interestingly, the progress screen, which is > currently designed for downloading one package at a time. Parallel > downloading would be nice to have, but it's nowhere near the top of > the list of potential setup.exe improvements. > > Meanwhile, you could always implement your scheme as a script that > downloads into a local directory and installs from there. It sounds like what some want is a bittorrent-like operation. Could a load balancer running on cygwin.com perform this distribution better than embedding the logic into setup.exe? -pdw -- 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