** Description changed: [Impact] - * Apt does not re-use https connections. This results in a significant + * Apt does not re-use https connections. This results in a significant performance hit. - * Additionally the hosts of mirrors are experiencing unnecessarily high + * Additionally the hosts of mirrors are experiencing unnecessarily high load due to this [Test Case] - * Run apt-get -update using https connections. It will be noticably slower in comparison to - after this change + * Run apt-get -update using https connections. It will be noticably + slower in comparison to after this change [Regression Potential] - * This fixes apt, by changing the way it uses curl, such that only - problematic error codes cause failure. + * This fixes apt, by changing the way it uses curl, such that only + problematic error codes cause failure. But this may only happen if the + user is using https, http is not affected by this patch. - * Might result in zero length files, or updates not being downloaded. + * Might result in zero length files, or updates not being downloaded + over https connectiosn. - * https connections hanging in the event that the above logic does not + * https connections hanging in the event that the above logic does not correctly handle error cases. [Other Info] - * This is already in Saucy. + * There's only a slight chance to hit any regressions, as the above is mostly just thinking well outside of the box. - * This is not imperative to be pulled into precise, but it would be nice. + * This is already in Saucy. - * This is really more of an enhancement than a bug fix. + * This is not imperative to be pulled into precise, but it would be + nice. - * I have been using this patch for over 5 months now with no negative + * This is really more of an enhancement than a bug fix. + + * I have been using this patch for over 5 months now with no negative side affects. - * I have been told that this patch has been deployed in a large (multi- + * I have been told that this patch has been deployed in a large (multi- thousand install base) organization with no negative side affects as well. + -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - When using an https: connection, apt-get does not properly reuse connections. Because https setup costs can be quite high, this can cause much slowdown when, for example, many different distributions on the same server need to be checked. + When using an https: connection, apt-get does not properly reuse + connections. Because https setup costs can be quite high, this can cause + much slowdown when, for example, many different distributions on the + same server need to be checked. I believe the attached patch addresses the difficulty.
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