Fedora extras metadata

[Thomas M Steenholdt]

Thomas M Steenholdt wrote:
> ( ... ) Mirrors could easily add a few lines 
> to their scripts to honor this kind of thing, without the need for 
> special mirroring tools.
> 

Yum could easily use the very same technique to make a quick 
*validation* of a mirror before it goes on to download the large 
files... This should be done in a plugin though, since this is not 
related directly to yum.

/Thomas