From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.138]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCFD53858010 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:28:50 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org BCFD53858010 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=brian.inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from [192.168.1.104] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id iiUCk6PgpbYg3iiUDkemVL; Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:28:49 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=Q4RsX66a c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=5fc14561 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=aBglbDSzAAAA:20 a=yBR9Qs6oAAAA:8 a=vKIbezlLAAAA:20 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=94nOnFI1EgyDtX4ev68A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=IuAS5gRB5sIA:10 a=7C5qix1daMSKwVux_nGC:22 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ITP] wget2 To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <964d4d23-25d4-bbb5-b054-f4bc5afece4b@SystematicSw.ab.ca> <0a9a734c-e5f1-58a3-4947-2fef09271026@SystematicSw.ab.ca> <767a8576-7fbd-c3de-9415-bae99b1d596d@SystematicSw.ab.ca> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: <8a1948e9-7789-50a0-dd37-fb474f876476@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:28:48 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfKRz30W6SdnsPehdBHwA3ZJaxQ6OTKi+iBVms22hK/8hjyfPi/QVsVrSyvRrYbVdsoqfDbrjY9RAADbuLrdWI2fV9o4mZ328KTjs45B9Jn/Nx1psiVUM /gPP7lTGG5IPuYd82KdJomPAeF61uNdfspnFDTzdBla//YqY7oJug9B4EU1M7nAwfUSwlkh34S9m4iWxsf5QArbOM3fmCn+30Cg= X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, BODY_8BITS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, LIKELY_SPAM_BODY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:28:52 -0000 On 2020-11-27 10:57, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin-apps wrote: > On 24/11/2020 21:06, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2020-07-08 14:05, Brian Inglis wrote: >>> wget2 is the successor of wget supplying a shared library API like >>> curl to >>> build a modern, fast, multi-threaded, parallel downloader using >>> HTTP/2, HTTP >>> compression and If-Modified-Since headers; see: >>>     https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2 >>> It is currently available on Arch, Debian/Ubuntu, openSUSE, >>> Slackware; see: >> >>     https://repology.org/project/wget2/versions >> >> Thanks for help getting here and also the upstream folks! >> >> Please review wget2 repackaged into subpackages available under: >> >> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VVuC14KuB6uShm4FQL9BuXH0hpLYnIcJ?usp=sharing >> >> >> Appveyor CI playground repo wget2 jobs: >> >>     https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi?id=1308 >> >> I have been dogfooding wget2 instead of wget in commands and cron jobs >> and it appears considerably faster, but does not support FTP or other >> protocols supported by curl or wget, and does not support wget >> --retr-symlinks=no option which retrieves symlink contents verbatim >> for analysis with readlink e.g. wget ...-latest... and see if it >> points to the previous or a newer version. >> >> For more compatibility info see: >> >>     https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/wikis/home > > I had a quick go on 32-bit Cygwin (figuring most people might try > 64-bit), and it seems to work fine and be quite quick. I haven't > compiled the package but I'll find time soon hopefully - it's small so I > guess it doesn't take long. Thanks - nearly 15min on Appveyor with all the library, devel, and debuginfo bits involved. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]