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