download speed

[linux_learner]

Downloads shouldn't stall if you add mirrors.

On 9/8/06, Basil Chupin <blchupin at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Mikus Grinbergs wrote:
>
> [pruned]
>
> > I wouldn't mind starting an upgrade and then going to bed, as long as
> > the associated downloads did not stall despite the connection to the
> > repository still being available.  Is there some sort of parameter
> > which I can set to tell smart to "keep going" with a download, instead
> > of stalling out and then ending its download operation ?
>
> I'll second that. I would also like to see a mechanism in smart - if it
> isn't already there - for smart to recommence the upgrade process when
> packages are not downloaded or not fully downloaded rather than have
> "the operator" - that's me :-) - to manually restart the upgrade
> process. Yesterday it took 4 manual restarts to complete all the upgrades.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
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