Ken Schneider wrote:
On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 08:41 +0000, Brian Green wrote:
Ken Schneider wrote:
On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 11:16 +0000, Brian Green wrote: <snip> It may appear to hang when it actually just takes a very long time to refresh. <snip>
Ken, valid point, and I did consider that I was expecting too much! <snip>
You must remember that a lot more takes place then just accessing a web/ftp site. There is a lot of internal processing going on comparing existing file versions with the lists obtained from the web sites. With the same repos on my desktop and laptop, it takes almost twice as long on the laptop to refresh then the desktop.
Ken, not meaning to be pedantic, nor do I feel the need to have the last word, but ... Today (just!) click "Software Management" to "Search:", refreshing the database to SIX mirror sites, plus "cd:///", took less than 40 seconds. This is, and has consistently been, a typical time until this w/e ... where it appeared to "hang". Similarly, adding a new ftp source (in "Installation Sources"), or executing a Refresh (via, Edit/Refresh) currently, and typically, takes less than 4 seconds ... Mustn't quibble, all appears well (on my desktop) at the moment ... Cheers Brian