Re: Parallel downloads

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Joshua Branson <address@hidden> skribis:

> Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there any plan to support parallel downloads?  Currently downloads are a
>> bottleneck for `guix install / upgrade`, parallel downloads could reduce
>> the operation duration by an order of magnitude.
>
> On a related note, would getting guix to download substitutes via IPFS
> mean that one could update one's system faster? 

Potentially!  For that I encourage people to pick up the work on
<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/33899> and to start experimenting
with substitutes on IPFS.

Thanks,
Ludo’.