[MacPorts] #20652: 'segmented downloading' for fetch
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#20652: 'segmented downloading' for fetch
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Reporter: macports.users@… | Owner: macports-tickets@…
Type: request | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: base | Version:
Keywords: | Port:
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Changes (by snc@…):
* keywords: fetch, axel, curl, libcurl =>
* version: 1.7.1 =>
Old description:
New description:
If a port has multiple master_sites listed (either explicitly or
implicitly through the likes of sourceforge), we should consider splitting
the file download chunks into pieces.
The size of the file can be determined with a curl header call and then
even portions distributed to each download. In the future, we can use our
ping calculations to fuzz this off even segments to chunks that are
fitting for the ping times.
This feature should likely be implemented as opt-in, since most users
don't expect to attempt to fully saturate their bandwidth.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20652#comment:2>
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