@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ The manifest file would do several important things: | |||
* Replace SHASUMS/SHASUMS.asc files | |||
* be easy to download/resume a whole directory tree published via HTTP | |||
* be easy to use across protocols (given an HTTPS url, fetch manifest, then download file contents via bittorrent or ipfs) | |||
* not strongly coupled to HTTP use case, should not require special hosting, content types, or HTTP headers being sent | |||
# Non-Goals | |||
* Manifest generation speed |