GNU bug report logs - #44848
Support partial downloads

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Package: guix;

Reported by: abraham.esco <at> gmail.com

Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: abraham.esco <at> gmail.com, Abraham Jose <abraham.juegos1237 <at> gmail.com>, 44848 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44848: Support partial downloads
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:35:55 -0500

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I have written a patch for that some time ago, that oas never merged. See https://issues.guix.gnu.org/39530 :)

Let's see if I can make progress on this!

Le 24 novembre 2020 12:01:41 GMT-05:00, Abraham Jose <abraham.juegos1237 <at> gmail.com> a écrit :
>For people like me with an inestable internet having to download big
>packages is a pain because as soon as the package download is cancelled
>due
>to networking issues you have to start all over again. Having a
>rsync-like
>way of cancelling/stop a download and continue it later could improve
>the
>QOL of many users.

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