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diff --git a/dev-python/urlgrabber/metadata.xml b/dev-python/urlgrabber/metadata.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 277fe04..0000000 --- a/dev-python/urlgrabber/metadata.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> -<pkgmetadata> -<herd>python</herd> -<longdescription> -A high-level cross-protocol url-grabber. - -Using urlgrabber, data can be fetched in three basic ways: - -urlgrab(url) copy the file to the local filesystem -urlopen(url) open the remote file and return a file object (like urllib2.urlopen) -urlread(url) return the contents of the file as a string - - -When using these functions (or methods), urlgrabber supports the following -features: - -* identical behavior for http://, ftp://, and file:// urls -* http keepalive - faster downloads of many files by using only a single - connection -* byte ranges - fetch only a portion of the file -* reget - for a urlgrab, resume a partial download -* progress meters - the ability to report download progress automatically, - even when using urlopen! -* throttling - restrict bandwidth usage -* retries - automatically retry a download if it fails. The number of retries - and failure types are configurable. -* authenticated server access for http and ftp -* proxy support - support for authenticated http and ftp proxies -* mirror groups - treat a list of mirrors as a single source, automatically - switching mirrors if there is a failure. -</longdescription> -</pkgmetadata> |