Nikolas Coukouma wrote: > > Due to the lack of a real standard (AFAIK ...) that doesn't use content > encodings, it's hard to say what is correct.
Agreed... > If it's decided to avoid the use of Content-Encoding (is the hash and > signature problem that bad?) Yes if mirrors can't be authenticated... > I'd suggest the use of the existing application/x-tgz over a new type. That's a rational alternative to consider, thanks! And thanks for the pointer at the previous discussion. Bill