Hi Irn,

Am Sonntag 04 Januar 2009 08:50:38 schrieb lrn1986@...:
> =1=
> Where are newer versions of magnet specs? I can't believe it's still
> v0.1 after six years

It's still at 0.1, and it's still stable :)

The specs haven't received any work for a long time, though.

> =2=
> Where are newer (than v2.2) versions of magma specs? I've seen
> references to v4.0

I've been working on v0.4 for some time which uses simple yaml (I learned
quite a bit about programming since I did the first specification), but I
didn't yet finish the new specs.

My work is on a reference implementation of a Python magma module:

- http://gnuticles.gnufu.net/pymagma/

If you have any questions about it, or if there's something you'd like me to
add, just ask :)

> =3=
> How to interpret these:
>
> both kt and xt are specified:
> magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:blah&kt=foo+bar

Search for the kt and download the results which fit the sha1 of the xt.

> both mt and xt are specified:
> magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:foo&mt=http://bar.org/baz.magma

That one is unclear to me, too. I'd download the manifest and the xt, since
both are simply described as actions.

> =4=
> Which of these are correct?
>
> .0 suffix. I'm assuming that .1 IS correct:
> magnet:?xt.0=urn:sha1:blah

To my understanding this should be the right one. There isn't any mentioning
on restrictions, though, so xt.foo could be valid as well.

Instead of two xt's, I'd just use two magnets, though.

> .foo suffix (are non-numeric suffices valid?):
> magnet:?xt.foo=urn:sha1:blah
>
> .number suffix for custom parameter:
> magnet:?x.myparam.1=blah

I never saw this one, so I'd avoid it.

> =5=
> Should a manifest topic (pointed by mt) be in magma format, or any
> format is permitted?

Since magnets precede any manifest implementation, any format should be valid.

Best wishes,
Arne
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