Downloads of packages served via torrent

[johnandersen777]

What's the problem this feature will solve?
On poor internet connections, downloading large packages can result in the installation terminating, and the user having to re-try, which could just fail again.

Describe the solution you'd like
It would be nice if packages could be served via torrents, and pip could download them. That way if a TCP/internet connection is dropped, the download would resume when it comes back up.

This benefits

• Those without access to reliable internet (this is obviously the major one)
• CI runs which sometimes have network issues seemingly at random

Alternative Solutions

• You could download every package with wget -c, then install.

Additional context
None at the moment.

[pradyunsg]

Are you basically asking for a "resume download" functionality?

[johnandersen777]

Are you basically asking for a "resume download" functionality?

Yes. That works in combination with install.

[johnandersen777]

Ah, i see #4796. I was fixated on torrents....

[pradyunsg]

:)

See also #3128! Also, thanks for filing the issue! ^.^