Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (12 mails)

["Anthony L. Bryan" <albryan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I thought you might be interested in the Metalinks for openSUSE, which are
automatically generated by one of your mirrors (http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/)
at http://download.packages.ro/metalink/opensuse/.

Metalinks are really useful for large files like ISOs and contain all mirror
and p2p locations along with checksums and other metadata. I've attached one
(edited, doesn't contain all mirrors), it's an XML file and is pretty self
explanatory, but here's a good description:

'Metalink makes complex download pages obsolete by replacing long lists of
download mirrors and BitTorrent trackers with a single .metalink file. As
you might have already guessed, a .metalink file is a file that tells a
download manager all the different ways it can download a file. The file
itself takes the form of an open XML standard that can list an unlimited
number of HTTP and FTP sources as well as BitTorrent trackers and ed2k and
magnet links.'
(http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/08/28/metalinks-integrated-bittorrent-htt
p-and-ftp-downloads/)

Right now, Metalinks are used by OpenOffice.org and many Linux/BSD
distributions. I think they could be useful to you too.

Metalinks are supported by a number of download managers on Unix, Mac, and
Win. There are 2 for unix, a command line version
(http://aria2.sourceforge.net/) and one with a GUI.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

(( Anthony Bryan
 )) Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ]


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/";
 
origin="http://metalink.packages.ro/download/download/opensuse/openSUSE-10.2
-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso.metalink"
  type="static" pubdate="2006-08-30-11:22:09"
  generator="Metalink Gen - http://metalink.packages.ro"; 
  refreshdate="2006-08-30-11:22:09">

  <publisher>
    <name>Package resources</name>
    <url>http://www.packages.ro</url>
  </publisher>
  <license>
    <name>GPL</name>
    <url>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</url>
  </license>    
  <description>OpenSuSE</description>
  <tags>linux,suse,opensuse,distribution</tags>
  <identity>openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso</identity>
  <version>10.2-Alpha3</version>

  <files>  
   <file name="openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso">
    
     <os>Linux-x86</os>
    
    <size>682434560</size>
    <verification>
     <hash type="md5">e9ba3bd40e6393f18265c5096a81adf3</hash>
    </verification>
    <resources>
      
     
      <url type="http"
           location="jp"
           preference="10">
 
http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/opensuse/distribution/SL-current/iso/o
penSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="ftp"
           location="jp"
           preference="10">
 
ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/opensuse/distribution/SL-current/iso/op
enSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="ftp"
           location="jp"
           preference="10">
 
ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUS
E-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="http"
           location="jp"
           preference="10">
 
http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/openSUSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSU
SE-10.2-Alpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="http"
           location="id"
           preference="10">
 
http://suse.cbn.net.id/i386/10.0/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUSE-10.2-A
lpha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      <url type="ftp"
           location="tw"
           preference="10">
 
ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/Linux/SuSE/distribution/SL-current/iso/openSUSE-10.2-Al
pha3-i386-CD1.iso
      </url>
      
       <url type="magnet" preference="90">
 
magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:DBWEPZSBBWHFE27JXM2LYMF7RYB63TOM&amp;xt=urn:tree:tiger:S
QKL5VHEGCPTWNOSAZO44CNQ6EDNUC6TYTWQMGI&amp;xt=urn:ed2k:9b03d0fe271a1c3929795
0507141b997&amp;xt=urn:kzhash:e8b5cc42cdc0aef78dda7d561b938b3d15166fa5c9bb33
8c33f8f5a3b6e7f37a1a90a23b&amp;xl=682434560&amp;dn=openSUSE-10.2-Alpha3-i386
-CD1.iso
       </url>  
      
    </resources>
   </file>
  </files> 
</metalink>

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