- <para>Since only one distribution can be specified per line it may be necessary
- to have multiple lines for the same URI, if a subset of all available
- distributions or components at that location is desired.
- APT will sort the URI list after it has generated a complete set
- internally, and will collapse multiple references to the same Internet
- host, for instance, into a single connection, so that it does not
- inefficiently establish an FTP connection, close it, do something else,
- and then re-establish a connection to that same host. This feature is
- useful for accessing busy FTP sites with limits on the number of
- simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes connections to
- different hosts to more effectively deal with sites with low bandwidth.</para>
+ <para>In the traditional style sources.list format since only one
+ distribution can be specified per line it may be necessary to have
+ multiple lines for the same URI, if a subset of all available
+ distributions or components at that location is desired. APT will
+ sort the URI list after it has generated a complete set internally,
+ and will collapse multiple references to the same Internet host,
+ for instance, into a single connection, so that it does not
+ inefficiently establish an FTP connection, close it, do something
+ else, and then re-establish a connection to that same host. This
+ feature is useful for accessing busy FTP sites with limits on the
+ number of simultaneous anonymous users. APT also parallelizes
+ connections to different hosts to more effectively deal with sites
+ with low bandwidth.</para>