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> It seems like you're assuming that only one file can be fetched per |
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> connection. I haven't researched the topic much, but I'm pretty sure HTTP, |
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> not to mention FTP, supports multiple requests with one connection. |
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How do you handle changing depends? You cannot safely assume that |
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a single download of all current relevant directories will be |
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complete. Thus... You have to connect and download multiple times. |
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HTTP/FTP would add in complexity to portage's update procedure. |
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Now we'd have to ensure that our information is correct. wget |
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could do this with timestamps, but then you lose the forcable |
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checking of the contents by checksum. |
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--NJ |
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