poor description of .zsync download files on releases.ubuntu.com

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I went to http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ -- congratulations on the release BTW!!

zsync downloads were added in response to bug #408501 . The description for a zsync file such as ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync includes "(standard download)". But the zsync file isn't the standard download, it's a file of meta-data used by the zsync file update program. And you don't download it, instead zsync accesses it when you tell it to get the .iso.

For consistency with the other download files such as .jigdo, .torrent, etc., I think the description for a .zsync file should be something like

   "(information for _zsync_ download)", where _zsync_ could link to http://zsync.moria.org.uk/

Maybe the web server is confused because the .zsync file name is an extension to the .iso extension.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for the note.

revno: 776
fixes bug(s): https://launchpad.net/bugs/571852
committer: Colin Watson <email address hidden>
branch nick: cdimage
timestamp: Tue 2010-06-29 15:26:06 +0100
message:
  move .iso.zsync and .img.zsync AddDescription entries earlier so that they aren't preempted by entries for .iso and .img (LP: #571852)

I've also edited all the existing .htaccess files by hand, so everything should look right now.