- From: Anthony Bryan <anthonybryan@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:46:48 -0500
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org, draft-bryan-metalinkhttp@tools.ietf.org
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: > On 19.01.2011 20:58, Anthony Bryan wrote: >> >> ... >>>>> >>>>> Note: it's unfortunate that there doesn't seem to be a registered media >>>>> type >>>>> for torrent files. >>>> >>>> true. I'd fix that if I could. :) >>> >>> Go ahead. You can :-) >> >> any pointers? >> ... > > Well, write a spec with a media type reg (yes, not trivial)... maybe some day... :) >>> >>> Also, it appears that you require more than what's needed. >>> >>> For instance, why would it be a problem when byte-for-byte identical >>> files >>> have different ETags on the same server? I think what's relevant is the >>> requirement for the mirror files, not any additional requirements for >>> other >>> files^h^h^h^h^hresources on the server. >> >> is this better? >> >> "To have the same ETag policy means that ETags are synchronized across >> servers for duplicate resources, i.e. byte-for-byte identical files >> will have the same ETag on mirrors that they have on the Metalink >> server." >> ... > > It probably would be good to state that this only applies to files that are > mirrored (and not just "anything" on that server). changed to this: "To have the same ETag policy means that ETags are synchronized across servers for resources that are mirrored, i.e. byte-for-byte identical files will have the same ETag on mirrors that they have on the Metalink server." btw, I don't think you commented on the changed text with URI path segments. did that mean it was awful or ok? "Entries for mirror servers can have a "depth" value, where "depth=0" is the default. A value of 0 means ONLY that file is mirrored and that other URI path segments are not. A value of 1 means that file and all other files and URI path segments contained in the rightmost URI path segment are mirrored. For values of N, you go up N-1 URI path segments above. A value of 2 means means going up one URI path segment above, and all files and URI path segments contained are mirrored. For each higher value, another URI path segment closer to the Host is mirrored. " -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads
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