On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 16:29, Martin Koller <kol...@aon.at> wrote: > On Sunday, 6. February 2011 23:54:07 Thiago Macieira wrote: >> On Sunday, 6 de February de 2011 16:48:21 Shaun Reich wrote: >> > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Martin Koller <kol...@aon.at> wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > I've tried already several times today to get a clone of kde-workspace >> > > and it always gets stuck at about 10-15% >> > > >> > > What can I do ? >> > >> > You can try using the tarball form on project.kde.org, for now (no idea why >> > it hangs up). at least then you can resume it. >> >> Note that the git clone/fetch/push percentage is by number of objects, not >> size. I have tried cloning kde-workspace now and it worked fine, but I did >> notice a slowdown around 14-15%. My guess is that there are some big objects >> being transferred. > > Thanks for the hint, but in my case my internet connection did not transfer > anything > during this hang (no LED activity on my router) even for 10 minutes or so ... > Nevertheless, I've downloaded the tarball for now.
Its not a "tarball for now". It should have a script that changes it into a complete clone. It's certainly the best way to download new repos if your Internet connection is at all dubious. Ian
