On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Don Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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