Phillip Susi escribió: > Anthony Bryan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an >> XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file >> (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic error detection/recovery >> (checksums) and other stuff. > > In my 12 years of extensive Internet use, and several years prior to > that of using BBSes, I have NEVER had a download corrupted. It seems to > me that the sophisticated error detection and correction measures in the > underlying links are sufficient to prevent such errors.
Hmm... For a reason Ubuntu provides the full-file checksums, and people are encouraged to check them. Wonder what that reason is? >> It makes things simpler for the user, since they don't have to >> manually try a bunch of servers that could be down, can use local >> mirrors first, and can repair downloads (very useful for large files >> like ISOs). > > Usually the link on the web site chooses a mirror for you. Which is usually completely overloaded on a release day. I have seen it happen on both releases this year, lots of people on the irc channel asking for a working mirror. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss