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Bug#690183: ITP: apt-fast -- shellscript wrapper for apt-get or aptitude



On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 09:59:35AM -0300, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote:
> Of course, being able to download stuff from two different servers at the same 
> time had a better end result, and as long as is one download at a time per 
> server, I think it can be considered socially acceptable.

Yes, which is why there's

Acquire::Queue-Mode "host";

see apt.conf(5) for the full details on this one. You don't need shell
scripts and things like axel to get this.

-- 
Copyshops should do vouchers. So that next time some bureaucracy requires you
to mail a form in triplicate, you can mail it just once, add a voucher, and
save on postage.


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