That would be really nice. Chunk checksums is one of the coolest metalink features, IMO!
I could do this after I've finished Metalink Editor 2.0, but that might take some time. It would be even better if someone else did it before! Hampus Wessman On Fri, 8 May 2009 17:31:15 -0400 Anthony Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't have any numbers to back this up, but I'd guess that most > metalink users are taking advantage of them with DownThemAll!. > > DTA is easy to use, pleasant looking, & just a Firefox extension install away. > > the only metalink related feature it lacks is repairing a download if > the metalink has chunk checksums. it already verifies checksums for > the whole file. > > I think this should be one of our higher priorities, because of the > amount of people that DTA reaches. for instance, openSUSE uses > metalinks with chunk checksums, but if a downloader uses a metalink > client that doesn't support them then the downloader could get > frustrated if there's an error in their big download... > > we have this on our ideas page & here's the request in the DTA bugtracker > > http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion/web/gsoc-ideas > http://bugs.code.downthemall.net/trac/ticket/413 > > does anyone with JS skills want to work on this? Nils had said he > would accept a patch. > maybe someone from the openSUSE community could do it? > > -- > (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] > )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
