Re: Bug#80937: apt-get doesn't calculate ETA per-server
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Daniel Stone wrote:
> When apt-get calculates its ETA when downloading something, if it is
> downloading from multiple servers, it doesn't do it per server:
Yes, but that is probably best. Think about a modem where the bandwidth is
limited by the incoming pipe, so bandwidth per source is quite wrong, only
on broadband does it make any difference, and even then not much.
It is an estimate, accept that it always wrong for some of the time.
Jason
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