Aria2 in our update/install process?

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:16:39 +0100
Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have red an very interesting article at Matt Parnell
> (http://www.mattparnell.com) about how can be have faster downloads -
> not just the updates for the package manager, and I really like it.
> I'm sure that this artifact could be very useful where speed is a must
> - especially at preupgrade. Well, after I have seen this - if I good
> understand this - the based technique is slicing up the downloaded
> data to pieces and so gets faster (multithread ftp). But I have seen 2
> different scripts - one is using aria, an another is using axel.
> That's pretty neat. However, in my opinion aria2 is much better for
> this purpose - but the questions are:
> 
> - Is preupgrade using aria2 to make it faster the upgrade?
> - Is there any plugin for yum that uses this technique?
> - is it possible to combine presto and multithread ftp update (or
> torrent technique) to get faster downloads?

I would suggest the best places to suggest things like this would be: 

a) The upstream projects: 
https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum-devel
https://fedorahosted.org/preupgrade/newticket

or

b) bugzilla.redhat.com with a RFE (request for enhancement) bug. ;) 

Good luck. 

kevin
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