Re: wget2 | Crash downloading file (#632)

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Tim Rühsen commented on a discussion: 
https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/-/issues/632#note_1453829259

>> the Metalink .meta4 file splits the file into 3039 chunks, not well suited 
>> for fast internet connections

> I'm pretty sure (but I don't want to test it right now) that even for slow 
> connections it wouldn't be faster (overhead of establishing 3039 connections).

True. I should have said flaky connections. One advantage of metalink is that 
it automatically "knows" which parts are missing or corrupt and so a download 
can just be stopped and continued repeatedly without the fear for corruption or 
missing data.

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