Just a thought - quick check:
442132 Apr 13 21:46
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_potato_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2
589652 Apr 13 21:45
ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_potato_main_binary-i386_Packages.gz
Allowing .bz2 here will save 25% of the time to get them by FTP !
If noone steps to implement this in dinstall and apt, I may even get
the source and do it myself !!
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