This seems to be a bit of a bikeshed on specific implementation options. The problem here is downloads pin the CPU, and in my personal experience I can download the same files via curl with nothing close to a CPU bottleneck.
I do not know how you benchmarked APT but this may be a case of a micro benchmark not properly representing the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1123272 Title: high cpu usage on download (not optimised SHA256, SHA512, SHA1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1123272/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
