Hi, I was hoping Fedora could investigate using Metalinks for their ISO downloads. Metalink is an XML format for listing all the ways you can get a file or collection of files (mirrors + their location, rsync, p2p) along with checksums to automatically repair a file in case of error, signatures, language, OS/arch, and other metadata. It's mainly used for large files like ISOs, where errors can be very frustrating. It's supported by about 20 programs on unix, mac, and win, including aria2 (already in the Fedora repos). It's used by openSUSE, OpenOffice.org, cURL, and many other distributions. Here's a screenshot of a Metalink download in the DownThemAll Firefox extension (nightly build). What you don't see are all the mirrors and checksums. http://code.downthemall.net/maierman/metaselect4.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink -- (( Anthony Bryan )) Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
