[WikiEN-l] Wikimedia dump completion rates

[Knsaogboas Houasherouqa]

I have noticed that the data dumps take increasingly longer to complete.

http://download.wikimedia.org/enwiki/20070802/ <- This may not even be done
until the middle of next month, at which point the data contained will be
significantly outdated.

Are there any ways to distribute the processing of dumps such as these, and
if so, what would be the best approach?

Just thought I'd call it to attention.

Thanks,
Knsa H.