[Zope] www.zope.org doesn't support reget

Christopher G. Petrilli petrilli@amber.org
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:57:01 -0500


On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 05:48:10PM +0100, Gregor Hoffleit wrote:
> An annoyance I noticed way back when I tried to download Zope 1.9.0: 
> www.zope.org (and therefore Zope ?) doesn't seem to support the HTTP Range
> header, i.e. a reget (wget -c) for an interrupted download didn't work. Is
> this known, is this intended, is this still true, and will/can it be fixed
> in the future ? 

This is called "byte-serving" and is mostly used for things like PDF
files, which can be served in "pages" rather than all at once.  It was
discussed a couple months back, but nobody has stepped up to the plate
to implement it :-) Is that a code offer I hear? :-) hehehe

Chris
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