** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #565555 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565555
** Also affects: apt (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565555 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Description changed: Per UDS session on Apt improvements, it has been proposed to remove apt http pipelining The reasons: 1. HTTP Pipelining has issue with certain proxy implementation 2. Some new object stores, like S3, or Google's APT repositories have problems with HTTP Pipelining Running a test shows that disabling apt-pipelining has no perceptable diffferenvce, and disabling apt pipeling actually performed slightly better with an average of 31.899s versuses 32.456s. I tested an "apt-get -y update" with and without apt HTTP pipelining turned on. + + For more information on apt-pipelining, here are 2 threads to read: + http://old.nabble.com/APT-do-not-work-with-Squid-as-a-proxy-because-of-pipelining-default-td28579596.html + http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565555 + Pipelining on (apt-get -y upgrade): 33.92 31.37 31.64 31.63 33.29 33.08 32.92 32.88 31.73 31.98 32.01 32.96 31.51 32.68 33.25 Pipelining off (apt-get -o Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth="0" -y upgrade): 31.66 31.59 31.24 31.30 31.29 32.85 32.75 31.50 31.18 32.26 31.43 33.28 31.67 32.45 32.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996151 Title: disable apt http pipelining in quantal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/996151/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
