download speed

[Basil Chupin]

linux_learner wrote:
> 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.

Only if you live in the perfect world.

I have mirrors all over the place. The downloads stall all the time. 
Fact of life.

Cheers.

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