README

README
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This is a yum plugin that enables multithreaded downloads during the
update/installation process.

To install this plugin, just drop it into /usr/lib/yum-plugins, and
make sure you have 'plugins=1' in your /etc/yum.conf.  You also need to
create the following configuration file, if not installed through an RPM:

 /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/multithread.conf:
  [main]
  enabled=1
  verbose=0
  dl_timeout=300
  socket_timeout=10
  max_threads=8
  threads_per_server=2
  servers_per_repo=4

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

(C) Copyright 2010 Michael J. Schultz <mjschultz@gmail.com>