On Thu, 2015-09-03 at 01:32 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2015-09-02 23:37, Felix Miata wrote:
FWIW, zypper also can facilitate crowded installations, optionally downloading on demand (download->install, download->install, ...) instead of filling up a filesystem with packages before installing any of them, at least potentially producing less fragmentation in such cases. One idea is that it would be possible to install a package while the next package is being downloaded, saving time. I'm unsure if this was implemented.
This just seems like unnecessary optimization. How often do people install concurrent packages? Installing a package is a pretty rare event in the use-case of a normal computer.
On the other hand, the process might crash during one of the installations, so it may be safer to download all the packages before starting the installs.
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