[packagekit] Yum backend throttling

[Robin Norwood]

Richard Hughes <hughsient at gmail.com> writes:

> skvidal mentions we can throttle the download:
> http://hughsient.livejournal.com/38322.html?thread=303794
>
> This would be great. Apparently there's stuff in the YumRepository
> object. I think 40% might be a good metric.
>
> Can a python dude tell me how easy this is? The first to reply gets to
> implement this :-)

I'm just starting to poke around in the yum backend code, and it looks
doable to me.  Tim or Luke get first crack at it though, if they want
it.

-RN

> p.s. All contributors get Christmas cards. Really.

Exploding Christmas cards?

-- 
Robin Norwood
Red Hat, Inc.

"The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone."
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