MDBF-1228: windows-packages | use curl.exe to speed up fetching the source tarball#983
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Tests shown that powershell's curl is an alias for `Invoke-WebRequest`
which is very slow. Use `curl.exe` instead.
A quick test showed a 2s download (curl) vs. 153s (pwsh).
```
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads> Remove-Item 70266_mariadb-12.3.3.tar.gz -ErrorAction Ignore
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads>
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads> Measure-Command {
>> curl.exe -L --progress-bar `
>> https://ci.mariadb.org/70266/mariadb-12.3.3.tar.gz `
>> -o 70266_mariadb-12.3.3.tar.gz
>> }
################################################################################################################ 100.0%
Days : 0
Hours : 0
Minutes : 0
Seconds : 1
Milliseconds : 983
Ticks : 19834524
TotalDays : 2.2956625E-05
TotalHours : 0.000550959
TotalMinutes : 0.03305754
TotalSeconds : 1.9834524
TotalMilliseconds : 1983.4524
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads> Remove-Item 70266_mariadb-12.3.3.tar.gz -ErrorAction Ignore
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads>
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads> Measure-Command {
>> Invoke-WebRequest `
>> -Uri "https://ci.mariadb.org/70266/mariadb-12.3.3.tar.gz" `
>> -OutFile "70266_mariadb-12.3.3.tar.gz"
>> }
Days : 0
Hours : 0
Minutes : 2
Seconds : 33
Milliseconds : 892
Ticks : 1538929733
TotalDays : 0.0017811686724537
TotalHours : 0.0427480481388889
TotalMinutes : 2.56488288833333
TotalSeconds : 153.8929733
TotalMilliseconds : 153892.9733
```
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Tested this patch, 3s for the step: https://buildbot.dev.mariadb.org/#/builders/17/builds/140 |
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Tests shown that powershell's curl is an alias for
Invoke-WebRequestwhich is very slow. Usecurl.exeinstead.A quick test showed a 2s download (curl) vs. 153s (pwsh).