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> FWIW: a longstanding limitation for parallel downloads within Homebrew isn't architectural (it's not too hard to add!) but structural with respect to Homebrew
by bhouston 2y ago
> FWIW: a longstanding limitation for parallel downloads within Homebrew isn't architectural (it's not too hard to add!) but structural with respect to Homebrew's download sources
I have heard that before.
Hmm.... I wonder if you can get away with not doing parallel downloads, but just keep the sequential downloads going in the background while it is installing a package? It is the pause in downloads during an install that I find is the main slow down in brew.
- woodruffw 2y ago> I wonder if you can get away with not doing parallel downloads, but just keep the sequential downloads going in the background while it is installing a package? I could be wrong, but I believe multiple people, including maintainers, have looked into exactly that :-) (I also need to correct myself: there is some work ongoing into concurrent downloads[1]. That work hasn't hit `brew install` yet, where I imagine the question of concurrent traffic volume will become more pressing.) [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/18278 https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/18278