(Oops, hit the send key combo before finishing, sorry).
Here's a brief refresher on metalinks & how it could be useful for Debian
ISO distribution:
'Metalink makes complex download pages obsolete by replacing long lists of
download mirrors and BitTorrent trackers with a single .metalink file. As
Here's a brief refresher on metalinks & how it could be useful for Debian
ISO distribution:
aria2 is in unstable and testing so people can install & use it easily,
thanks to Patrick.
I hope some people can try it out!
apt-get install aria2
aria2c
http://www.metalinker.org/samples/debian-31r2-i
> which indicates that a Metalink file for Debian could be over 150k;
> (for CDs) x 12 (11 arches and source) x (>)15 images per release.
> Giving ~9M of HDD overhead if each download needed its own Metalink
> file, <2M for one Metalink file per release, with reality
> somewhere in
> between.
>
On Thu August 31 2006 00:27, Subredu Manuel wrote:
>> Bruce Sass wrote:
>> When a new release is made, all servers (and mirrors) are getting
>> hit. First, the tier 1 (ftp..debian.org), and then the other
>> mirrors.
>
>Would each mirror or region need a unique metalink file to ensure that
>happe
> Le jeudi 17 août 2006 à 11:48 -0400, Anthony L. Bryan a écrit :
> > Metalinks might be helpful on Debian's download page for
> CD/DVD images. You
> > could have a single quick link to your ISOs that contains all the
> > mirror/p2p/checksum info in it.
> >
>
Hi,
Metalinks might be helpful on Debian's download page for CD/DVD images. You
could have a single quick link to your ISOs that contains all the
mirror/p2p/checksum info in it.
Metalinks, a cross platform vendor neutral fortmat, are used by download
managers & contain Mirror & p2p locations for
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