wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-13 Thread Tony Godshall
OK, so let's go back to basics for a moment. wget's default behavior is to use all available bandwidth. Is this the right thing to do? Or is it better to back off a little after a bit? Tony

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-13 Thread Josh Williams
On 10/13/07, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, so let's go back to basics for a moment. > > wget's default behavior is to use all available bandwidth. > > Is this the right thing to do? > > Or is it better to back off a little after a bit? > > Tony IMO, this should be handled by the o

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-13 Thread Micah Cowan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 > On 10/13/07, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> OK, so let's go back to basics for a moment. >> >> wget's default behavior is to use all available bandwidth. >> >> Is this the right thing to do? >> >> Or is it better to back off a little

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-13 Thread Tony Godshall
On 10/13/07, Josh Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/13/07, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, so let's go back to basics for a moment. > > > > wget's default behavior is to use all available bandwidth. > > > > Is this the right thing to do? > > > > Or is it better to back of

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-13 Thread Josh Williams
On 10/13/07, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, you may have such problems but you are very much reaching in > thinking that my --linux-percent has anything to do with any failing > in linux. > > It's about dealing with unfair upstream switches, which, I'm quite > sure, were not runni

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-13 Thread Tony Godshall
On 10/13/07, Micah Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 10/13/07, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> OK, so let's go back to basics for a moment. > >> > >> wget's default behavior is to use all available bandwidth. > >> > >> Is t

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-14 Thread Tony Godshall
On 10/13/07, Josh Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/13/07, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, you may have such problems but you are very much reaching in > > thinking that my --linux-percent has anything to do with any failing > > in linux. > > > > It's about dealing with

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-16 Thread Tony Godshall
On 10/13/07, Micah Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 10/13/07, Tony Godshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> OK, so let's go back to basics for a moment. > >> > >> wget's default behavior is to use all available bandwidth. > >> > >> Is t

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-17 Thread Matthias Vill
Tony Godshall wrote: > If it was me, I'd have it default to backing off to 95% by default and > have options for more aggressive behavior, like the multiple > connections, etc. I don't like a default back-off rule. I often encounter downloads with often changing download speeds. The idea that the

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-17 Thread Tony Godshall
On 10/17/07, Matthias Vill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony Godshall wrote: > > If it was me, I'd have it default to backing off to 95% by default and > > have options for more aggressive behavior, like the multiple > > connections, etc. > > I don't like a default back-off rule. I often encounter

Re: wget default behavior [was Re: working on patch to limit to "percent of bandwidth"]

2007-10-17 Thread Micah Cowan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 (Accidentally sent private reply). Tony Godshall wrote: > On 10/17/07, Matthias Vill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Tony Godshall wrote: >>> If it was me, I'd have it default to backing off to 95% by default and >>> have options for more aggressive b