On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Jack Bates <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you know of any discussion or work to support Metalink in the
> Apache Traffic Server [1] caching proxy?
no, & nothing comes up in searches...
> I found this Google Summer of Code idea [2] ("Metalink integration
> with Proxy/Cache" heading) for intermediate caching proxies to support
> Metalink
>
> And I found these two related Metalink discussion threads [3] [4]
>
> I think a minimum viable product would add support for RFC 6249:
>
> 1. If the response status code is 3XX
> 2. Scan "Link: <...>; rel=duplicate" headers for URL that already
> exist in the cache
2b. Scan "Digest:" header fields for matches? that is, files with the same hash.
> 3. If found, update "Location: ..." header with this URL and pass on
> response
>
> I volunteer here at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda. We use
> Apache Traffic Server to overcome slow/unreliable downloads (and save
> bandwidth). But because many sites distribute the same files from
> different mirrors, it's frustrating for users to predict whether a
> download will be fast (cache hit) or slow (cache miss). Following the
> same link may be fast one time and slow the next
>
> I think Apache Traffic Server could achieve better user experience (in
> some cases) by implementing RFC 6249
do you live in Rwanda? you're currently a college student?
I agree! this would be an excellent solution. please apply! :)
but first, you'll want to contact the project, since no one from
metalink has been in contact with them. we'd need someone from their
project that is familiar w/ it to mentor the project.
try an introductory post on their dev list:
"Impress developers or help others by participating on our dev
discussion list or follow the latest development on our commits list.
Report issues or bring patches to our Bug Tracker"
> [1] http://trafficserver.apache.org/
> [2] http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/metalinks/wiki/GsocIdeas
> [3]
> http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion/browse_thread/thread/b59e5d99cf879529/f364acba525c7108
> [4]
> http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion/browse_thread/thread/1849486ced99e778/7c2afbe0f3f8c41
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