apt-get feature

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>]

Could the ftp/http methods add a second-level recovery?  Ie after timing out,
sleep for a little while (a minute ?) and then check if there is network
connection [ ie new dynamic ppp link with potentially a different ip address
] and then retry again ?  

This is essentially the same algorithm I employ manually right now. Having
this in the code would make life a lot easier for folks like myself who get
cut off by their ISPs.  [ Yeah right, pay for unlimited, but get max'ed out
timeslices. Sucks. ]

-- 
Linux is not only free; it is, arguably, a better operating system, offering
a degree of stability and an ability to scale up that NT cannot match.
                                             -- The Economist, Oct 3, 1998