Okay, I just finished coding the http method for deity. It is a separate C++ program implemented as described in the files.sgml document (new new version)
So far HTTP/1.1 is much faster and more reliable than ftp is, I really like it :> Hopefully http accessable mirrors will become common.. The only http mirror's I know of (llug and kernel.org) do not run a http/1.1 complient server :< The method takes full advantage of the http/1.1 features like the range and if-range headers (resume) and pipelining. On a good server it will be able to download all of the requested files in a single connection without pausing :> Thanks, Jason
