remote_file combined with the debug parameter shows every % of file downloaded

When pulling a remote file and using the debug parameter, nearly every byte of download is shown. Is it possible to move this to a trace parameter? A half-gig zip file takes a really long time to make it through my buffer like this. It also appears to be doing this even before checking to see if the file exists:

[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:42:23 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 100% done (381238264 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:42:23 -0600] DEBUG: remote_file[/var/chef/download/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz]: Checking for file existence of /var/chef/download/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:42:23 -0600] INFO: remote_file[/var/chef/download/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz]: Creating /var/chef/download/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:42:23 -0600] DEBUG: copying remote file from origin /tmp/chef-rest.15448.0 to destination /var/chef/download/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz

[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337409773 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337410797 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337411821 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337412845 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337413869 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337414893 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337415917 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337416941 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337417965 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337418989 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337420013 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337421037 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337422061 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337423085 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337424109 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337425133 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337426157 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337427181 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337428205 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337429229 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337430253 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337431277 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337432301 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337433325 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337434349 of 381238264)
[Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:40:52 -0600] DEBUG: /mrepo/tarballs/netbackup/netbackup_client.tgz 88% done (337435373 of 381238264)
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