Bug#111879: apt-get: wishlist: random download order for better HTTP cache hit rate
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Zygo Blaxell wrote:
> This has a nasty side-effect: there may be many machines attempting to
> download all of the same packages in the same order through the same
> proxy if there is a large number of packages upgraded that day. The HTTP
> caches can't have a cache hit on a package until that package is fully
> downloaded, so ultimately many machines will end up downloading the same
> package at the same time through the same HTTP proxy and Internet feed.
It's the fault of the web cache/proxy that it does not start serving out the
partial content, and then multiplexing the content still coming in from the
first request, out to all the subsequent requests.
It is my opinion that this bug should be filed on the web proxy/cache software
you are using, and not on apt, and that this bug should be closed.
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