GUI Option to set zsync as default
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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TestDrive |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
testdrive (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: testdrive
There doesnt seem to be any way to set zsync as the default method to sync the iso. (http://
I have tried updating the Ubuntu iso with testdrive and with using zsync alone and i find zsync uses lesser data to update the iso.
I'm doubtful is because: every-time I use testdrive, for a 2day old iso, the whole iso(700mb) is downloaded again. It starts from 0% .
But when I use zsync($ zsync -i ~/Downloads/
It would be great if I could use zsync as the default method for testdrive instead of rsync.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: testdrive (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 12 11:15:09 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100924)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_IN
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: testdrive
Changed in testdrive (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in testdrive (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Hi Vish,
Thank you for reporting bugs. I do have a few questions though:
When using rsync, do you mean that it starts from 0% in the GUI?
How do you know it actually downloads the whole ISO (700mb) instead of only what has changed? How have you tested this?
I'm asking this because when downloading a, i.e. 2 day old ISO, the percentage that TestDrive GUI shows will always start from 0, to 100, regardless of whether it is downloading ~100mb, ~200mb, etc, or the ~700mb of a complete ISO. If you wanna see the different, you might wanna do the following:
1. System > Administration > System Monitor
2. Under Network History, check Total Received.
3. Start syncing an ISO that's 2 days old. Wait for it to finish and see the "Total Received" filed mentioned above.
4. To compare, do the same with an ISO that's not been previously downloaded. You will then see the difference.
However, I'll consider giving the option to select zsync as an alternate sync method in the future.
Best regards.