Hi, Pierre Neidhardt <m...@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:
> There has been discussion about this in the past: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-10/msg00694.html > > Browse the thread, pipelining and reuse of connections are discussed. > > Julien did work on a patch regarding downloads (if I recall correctly it > was to enable parallel downloads), I believe it's still hanging > somewhere in the bug tracker. Yes, it’s one of the many patches waiting for feedback: :-) https://issues.guix.gnu.org/39728 I contemplated another way to improve on download speeds, by spawning a single ‘guix substitute’ process and thus potentially reusing connections, but it’s trickier than it seems. Ludo’. PS to yarnton: Note that Nix would also have to catch up on some features: grafts, authenticated checkouts, reduced binary seeds, etc. ;-)
