On Tuesday 06 December 2005 13:09, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 06 Dec 2005, Ivan Adams wrote: > > I have slow internet connection. BUT I have friends with the same > > connection in my local area network, who have apt-proxy. > > My goal is: When I need to install new system (Debian) on new user, or > > dist-upgrade on entire system, I need the unstable packets from site. In > > this case I need to wait some HOURS. If apt have *PARALLELISM* , I could > > use my connection and at the same time the connections of apt-proxy. > > In that case I will download the packets twice (or more) faster. > > You could also have a (partial) local mirror that you update over the > night, or use only apt-proxy connections in all machines but one, and have > that one do regular updates to keep apt-proxy fresh with new packages. > > I doubt very much so parallel downloads will be added to apt.
apt-torrent seems to approach that too: http://sianka.free.fr/documentation.html -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> fingerprint 1AE7 7C66 0A26 5BFF DF22 5D55 1C57 0C89 0E4B D0AB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]