2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 50a0a911..02ad2121 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- increase transaction size from 8 to 50 (mga#18426)
+
 Version 8.107 - 26 April 2017
 
 - make sure that urpmi.cfg is world-readable (mga#9386)
diff --git a/urpm.pm b/urpm.pm
index 662c3eb9..159ad417 100644
--- a/urpm.pm
+++ b/urpm.pm
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ sub xml_info_policies() { qw(never on-demand update-only always) }
 sub default_options {
     { 
 	'split-level' => 1,
-	'split-length' => 8,
+	'split-length' => 50,
 	'verify-rpm' => 1,
 	'post-clean' => 1,
 	'xml-info' => 'on-demand',