Greetings,
tl;dr: you can now link directly to http://download.eclipse.org/path/to/file.zip
for binaries, but not in p2 repos!
For a long time now, we've encouraged you to leverage our network of
mirror sites to offload the download traffic burden from
eclipse.org. The result was, for each file downloaded, an extra
click for our users, as well as long, unfriendly URLs for your
files:
CURRENT WAY: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/path/to/file.zip
As of last week, we've implemented a transparent way to leverage the
same mirror network while allowing you to link to
download.eclipse.org directly.
NEW WAY: http://download.eclipse.org/path/to/file.zip
While we encourage you to keep using the current way of linking to
files, you may now link directly to our download server.
Please note: p2 repositories should continue to use the
p2.mirrorsURL directive, as it is the most efficient way for our
users to download software for their Eclipse installation.
If you have any questions, please let me know. More information on
the IT services offered by the Eclipse Foundation, please see:
https://wiki.eclipse.org/IT_Infrastructure_Doc
Denis
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