Interesting new RFC - think MacPorts might be able to use it to help manage 
mirror sites?

-- Ernie P.

http://hueniverse.com/2009/12/introducing-metalink/

Metalinks are frequently used for large files or files stored on many mirrors. 
Because of this, many open source projects like cURL, OpenOffice.org, openSUSE, 
Fedora, Ubuntu, & others use them to turn their mirrors into a coordinated 
Content Distribution Network. About 50 applications support Metalinks. Package 
update programs like Appupdater and yum use them behind the scenes. File 
hosting services are starting to provide Metalinks for downloads, and search 
engines are starting to index them.


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