On Thursday 02 November 2006 11:13, Andreas Hanke wrote:
YaST downloads only a very small file in order to see if the repository changed. The rest is cached and only downloaded if necessary.
I saw that two files are downloaded: filelists.xml.gz 1.5MB primary.xml.gz 1.3MB I wouldn't call them small. My connection is through wireless phone and fluctuates between 5-30KB/s. If it goes with only 5KB/s, it can take quite some time until it downloads the two files.
If you have a feeling that Packman is processed slower, there are multiple explanations:
- The Packman repo does indeed change relatively frequently, and the repodata have to be downloaded from scratch. Incremental downloads are not possible right now.
Yes, it might be, as now I see that the above files are not downloaded anymore. So forget this reload question. Some figures though (AMD64 3200+, 1GB memory, the above net connection, I have the CD ISOs and Packman as configured repository and zmd not running): - Packman refresh on: startup of sw_single takes about 45 seconds, from this one the first 25 shows no network activity, after that the download and parsing dialogs appear - Packman refresh off: no difference. - Packman disabled: the first 25 seconds are there, but after that is is about 10 seconds faster. Not scientific meassurement, but I think this is still quite slow. Andras -- Quanta Plus developer - http://quanta.kdewebdev.org K Desktop Environment - http://www.kde.org