[Bug 830492] Re: Use an alternative download manager (Aria2)

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Sorry, James. But I cannot merge your changes. The alternative
downloader has to be optional and provide a clear advantage over the
current situation. You haven't solved the situation when other package
manager try to download packages. Furthermore you have to make the
changes for the latest revision of aptdaemon - that is where the
development takes place. Your statement to no longer work on this
doesn't make the situation better. You have to coloberate with the other
developers and not just dropping some piece of code and hoping someone
will pick it up automatically.

By the way you can even use a full gnome3 with Ubuntu oneiric. Just
install the gnome meta package.

** Changed in: aptdaemon
       Status: In Progress => Opinion

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Title:
  Use an alternative download manager (Aria2)

Status in APT:
  Won't Fix
Status in Aptboost:
  Fix Committed
Status in Aptdaemon:
  Opinion
Status in The synaptic package manager:
  Won't Fix
Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “synaptic” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  It should be possible to download while installing, or download 2
  things at once.

  Currently an apt-get command with '--download-only' will lock apt
  (/var/lib/dpkg/lock). Synaptic even locks apt just by being open!

  Examples:
  * I might be updating my system. The update is still in the download stage, and I want to download and install a small package for something. Currently I would have to stop the download, install the package, and resume the download.
  * I'm installing lots of application from the Software Centre. While 1 app is installing the next should be downloading.
  * Run apt-get from command line while browsing software in Synaptic.

  To avoid multiple instances of apt downloading the same file, each
  partial file should have it's own lock (For example,
  /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/inkscape_0.48.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb
  would have inkscape_0.48.1-2ubuntu2_i386.lock). It may also be
  necessary to prevent updating package lists (sudo apt-get update) when
  any download lock exists as well as apt's main lock.

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