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The Saturday 2006-12-09 at 00:32 -0000, Francis Giannaros wrote:

> Granted, the problem is with aria2. I hear the developer is working on this.
> 

Good.

> Needless to say, the main reason I'd use metalinks is because (i) I don't 
> have 
> to search around for a good mirror; (ii) I get insane download speeds (I max 
> out every time, now). 

Yes, the protocol is good for that, and it is true the download was very 
fast.

> 
> The fact that rsync is there to backup any long download that goes wrong with 
> metalink, though, completely puts my mind at rest about recommending it to 
> others. And for ISOs such as DVDs I would *always* recommend it (with that 
> wiki entry). 

Provided the client doesn't erase the already downloaded part without 
asking first: it does that. I had no chance to repair the download. 
Instead of rechecking or repairing, it deleted and started afresh :-(

- -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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