Metalink News : 26 Jan 2009

[Ant Bryan]

yum adds Metalink support
DownThemAll! 1.1
"Best Way to Download openSUSE!"
Updated: aria2, FDM, GGet, KGet, MirrorBrain, Net Transport
Internet Draft: Metalink Download Description Format
Podcasts: Shawn Wilsher (Firefox), Anne van Kesteren (Opera)
A call for translators and packagers
Feature bounties: Firefox, curl, wget, Google Chrome


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yum adds Metalink support

yum now includes Metalink support internally, behind the scenes.
You wouldn't know, but it's there - check the source!

http://yum.baseurl.org/
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DownThemAll! 1.1 (Firefox extension)

DTA 1.1 is out. Just get it. It makes your Metalink-enabled life
easier.
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"Best Way to Download openSUSE!"

Metalink is the best way to download openSUSE! Luckily, openSUSE 11.1
is out!

http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/12/16/best-way-to-download-opensuse/
http://software.opensuse.org/
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Updated: aria2, FDM, GGet, KGet, MirrorBrain, Net Transport

Lots of updated Metalink programs. KDE 4.2 is coming out soon too!

http://aria2.sourceforge.net/
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
http://live.gnome.org/GGet
http://www.kde.org/
http://www.mirrorbrain.org/
http://www.net-xfer.com/default.htm
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Internet Draft: Metalink Download Description Format

An Internet Draft describing the Metalink format has been submitted to
the IETF.
We're looking for review and public comments.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bryan-metalink
with interim revisions at
http://metalinks.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/metalinks/internetdraft/
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Podcasts: Anne van Kesteren (Opera) & Shawn Wilsher (Firefox)

Anne van Kesteren of Opera talks about open standards.
Shawn Wilsher from Mozilla opens up about Firefox & getting involved
in open source projects.

http://knowledgecaps.com/2008/09/19/fos-fresh-online-servicesopera/
http://knowledgecaps.com/2008/10/05/fos-fresh-online-servicesfirefox/
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A call for translators and packagers

You don't need to be a developer to help out in open source.
Metalink programs need to be translated into all sorts of languages so
people can use them in their native tongue.
For instance, aria2 has been partially translated into nearly 30
languages. Some of these are incomplete and could use your help!
Also, we need binary packagers for Linux distributions, so more people
can use the software.
Thanks to everyone who already helps out with this!

https://translations.launchpad.net/aria2/trunk/+pots/aria2c
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Feature bounties for Firefox, curl, wget, Google Chrome

Got too much time on your hands?

Why not add Metalink support to one of the many programs waiting for
it?

We have feature bounties so you can earn some extra cash working on
Firefox, curl, wget, Google Chrome, DownThemAll!, and other programs.

http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion/web/gsoc08-ideas