Bug 26945 - Downloading a very large product is slow
Summary: Downloading a very large product is slow
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Update (deprecated - use Eclipse>Equinox>p2) (show other bugs)
Version: 2.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P4 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Christophe Elek CLA
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Keywords: performance
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Reported: 2002-11-22 09:52 EST by Dejan Glozic CLA
Modified: 2009-08-18 16:45 EDT (History)
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Description Dejan Glozic CLA 2002-11-22 09:52:55 EST
Downloading and install of a very large product (500 meg and 130 features)is 
slow. Of course, Update is ultimately limited by the connection speed.
We need to:

1) Ensure that our downloading algorithms are not slower than the equivalent 
functions in other applications using the same protocol (http).
2) Investigate if other protocols (ftp) can give faster download times
3) Review the task flow to see if we can do the install in the background so 
that the user does not have to wait until bytes are downloaded (background 
download). We can start the download in the background and move into the 
foreground (thereby blocking the UI) only when the byte moving part is 
completed).
Comment 1 Dejan Glozic CLA 2003-01-20 13:33:30 EST
Assigned to review the core part of the equation. Move to the UI for the rest.
Comment 2 Dejan Glozic CLA 2003-02-11 20:04:38 EST
Do some profiling time permitting.
Comment 3 Dejan Glozic CLA 2003-02-16 20:26:48 EST
Defer to 2.2 cycle.
Comment 4 Dorian Birsan CLA 2004-06-04 18:00:22 EDT
We should investigate having the downloads done as a batch, using the Job 
mechanisms (a la automatic updates), and then install the features. Perhaps in 
3.0.1 we have time to look at this.
Comment 5 Oliver Wolf CLA 2009-05-26 11:03:55 EDT
*** Bug 271337 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 DJ Houghton CLA 2009-08-18 16:41:34 EDT
[LATER->WONTFIX] The "LATER" bugzilla resolution is being removed so reopening
to mark as WONTFIX.
Comment 7 DJ Houghton CLA 2009-08-18 16:45:25 EDT
[LATER->WONTFIX] The "LATER" bugzilla resolution is being removed so reopening
to mark as WONTFIX.