yum update sorts by file size before downloading

Don Russell fedora at drussell.dnsalias.com
Thu Jun 12 19:51:44 UTC 2008


On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Don Russell <fedora at drussell.dnsalias.com>
wrote:

> The last few times I've used "yum update", I noticed the files are
> downloaded in order, smallest first.
>
> Is that deliberate, or just a coincidence?
>
> If it is deliberate, I'd like to suggest sorting in the other direction so
> largest is downloaded first.
>
> That way, while I'm waiting for it, I can always tell that the "next" file
> will be the same size or smaller than the one just completed, so I can
> better estimate how long it will be.
>
> Also, perception-wise, it gives the *appearance* that the process is
> speeding up instead of slowing down. :-)
>
> And, after all down loads are complete... a little summary of the average
> transfer rate would be nice.
>
> I like the new "scale" showing total % and individual file %...
>
>
I filed a bug/enhancement, which was closed as "won't fix"
Ref: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451047

I guess the explanation there confirms "I'm not normal". :-)
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