InstantMirror initial source repo

[Ed Swierk]

On 11/21/07, Warren Togami <wtogami at redhat.com> wrote:
> This means the server will keep downloading that file multiple times
> until the file download is complete, then new client requests that come
> in after that point use the cached version?

Yes. We could try to get fancy and have later requests wait on the one
already underway, but it's not clear how you tell the difference
between a file that's still being downloaded and a turd left behind by
an aborted request.

--Ed