curl-users
Re: metalink support
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:33:17 -0400
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:51:51 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
> Subject: Re: metalink support
> To: the curl tool <curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se>
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> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Anthony Bryan wrote:
>
>>> > Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa is writing a small metalink parser in C, to be used
>>> > by wget.
>>
>> I was wondering about that too. Is a dual license acceptable/possible?
>
> Sure!
Tatsuhiro's libmetalink is getting close to release. What license(s)
do you suggest, so that curl and wget will be able to use it? (I'll
also ask on the wget list).
>> Parallel transfers would be great, but would you be opposed to starting off
>> with something simpler?
>
> No I wouldn't. Starting with a simple approach to extend it over time is a
> great way of doing things!
Perfect. Is someone from the cURL community interested in working on
this? If so, please let me know!
-- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing DownloadsReceived on 2008-06-05