** Description changed: - Binary package hint: apt - - Installation of programs is often a three step process: - 1) Dependencies are calculated - a list of required packages is generated with all requirements that are already met excluded. - 2) Required packages are downloaded from the appropriate repository. - 3) Packages are installed in the required order. + 1) Dependencies are calculated - a list of required packages is generated with all requirements that are already met excluded. + 2) Required packages are downloaded from the appropriate repository. + 3) Packages are installed in the required order. Large applications may require a significant amount of time to complete steps (2) and (3), leading to unnecessarily long install times. These two steps can be performed in parallel - downloading packages in the required install order and installing each as the download completes. This suggested change would require a modified interface, most probably a split-screen with, for example, the top half showing download progress and the lower half showing install progress for the current package. - This "bug" should be a wish-list item as it is an optimization of an - already working system. + Also proposed on Brainstorm: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1931/
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