On Dec 19, 2007 8:42 AM, Scott Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We should consider that it's not always the user's download that gets > saturated, but the mirror's upload. This is especially true on release > day. > > A 30% reduction in filesize would translate to a 30% reduction in > download time for everyone. This becomes far more important when > everyone's download time is over ten times as long as normal because of > our mirror issues. > > More interestingly, it's quite likely that there are mirrors out there > that become rate limited once a certain bandwidth threshhold is met due > to cost concerns. If we prevent them from reaching that threshold by > lowering the bandwidth, we could reduce download time by even more than > the filesize reduction. >
I upgrade a between 2 days and 2 weeks before release to avoid waiting 4 hours for the upgrade to download on release day, like I did with Edgy. -- Mackenzie Morgan Linux User #432169 ACM Member #3445683 http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff apt-get moo
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