On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 11:05 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Francois Petillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [distro-dev] Making OOo downloads more robust, error free > Anthony Bryan wrote: >> >> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink for more info. > > "For fast Internet connections, it also speeds up the process by allowing > chunks/segments of each file to be downloaded from multiple resources at the > same time (segmented downloading)". > > Parallel segmented downloads are anti-social (if you have to speed up the > download, it means there is a bottleneck somewhere, either on network or on > server, and by increasing the number of connections you simply steal > bandwidth/ressources from others people) and a waste of server ressources. I > just do not care about metalinks by itself but you do promote that kind of > abusive use.
segmented downloads are entirely optional. they are easily disabled, and clients will download from only one source. I don't think it's fair to say I promote abusive use. :) > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Harold Feit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [distro-dev] Making OOo downloads more robust, error free > > BitTorrent on its own already does multi parallel segmented downloads, > but it does so in a less abusive manner already, only opening one > datastream per source. Additionally, each downloader that is > participating is also available to be a partial mirror while > downloading, and a complete mirror once complete. right, & of course that's encouraged...but as you realize, p2p isn't available or proper everywhere in every situation unfortunately. for many people, having the mirrors in a machine readable format, & large downloads to be repairable is important. -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
