On 14/04/13 07:49, Xyne wrote: > Allan McRae wrote: > >> We need all packages downloaded to perform conflict checking. >> Installing in parallel would be difficult as we need to maintain >> dependency ordering. > > Aside from that, wouldn't parallel disk IO be slower due to the write > head having to jump back and forth more often? > > What do you plan to parallelize? > Compression and decompression of DBs and packages? > Dependency, provider and other metadata resolution? >
On 13/04/13 12:16, Allan McRae wrote: > I am only considering integrity checking and conflict checking.
