2-clicks-to-LiveCD no longer blocking on mirrormanager

[Matt Domsch]

On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:48:49AM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
> URLs of the form:
> 
> http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Live/i386/Fedora-7-Live-i686.iso
> 
> now work via mirrormanager redirect magic.  This is basically the full
> path to the actual file on the master servers, but will automagically
> redirect to a (local) mirror with that file.  This can be used for any
> file stored in the master mirror tree.
> 
> Hopefully this will un-block the "2-clicks to a LiveCD" feature.  Heck
> - it could be 1-click on the front page of fedoraproject.org/ now. :-)


I know Ricky (IIRC) made a pass at this.  Any chance such could be
made live for Fedora 7 now, and then updated for Fedora 8 in a few
weeks?  Like Mike, I feel that the lack of a one-click download on the
front page has cut into our download numbers significantly.

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux