Hi,

Just another ping to see if CentOS is still interested in using metalink.

It's especially useful for large files such as .ISOs. OpenOffice.org (http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/magnet.html) and 7 Linux/BSD distributions are using it to distribute their ISOs and other software updates. kernel.org will be using it soon as well.

They can be automatically generated with software from your Romanian mirror at http://metalink.packages.ro/

aria2 RPMs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4:

http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/packages/aria2/info.html

There's a metalink for CentOS at http://www.metalinker.org/samples/CentOS-4.4-i386-LiveCD.iso.metalink if anyone wants to try it out.

Here's some more information on Metalink:

'Metalinks 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/)

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