From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 15:30:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96FAE16A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:30:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dastardly.newsbastards.org.72.27.172.IN-addr.ARPA.NOSPAM.dyndns.dk (84-72-29-182.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.72.29.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4FAC43D31 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:30:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bounce@NOSPAM.dyndns.dk) Received: from Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK (ipv6.NOSPAM.dyndns.dk [IPv6:2002:5448:1db6:0:206:28ff:fed8:8dcf]) (8.13.2/8.11.6-SPAMMERS-DeLiGHt) with ESMTP id j17FUBEf017321NO) for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:30:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from bounce@NOSPAM.dyndns.dk) Received: (from beer@localhost) by Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK (8.13.2/FNORD) id j17FU9KV017320; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:30:10 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from bounce@NOSPAM.dyndns.dk) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:30:10 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200502071530.j17FU9KV017320@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.newsbastards.org.72.27.172.IN-addr.A: beer set sender to bounce@NOSPAM.dyndns.dk using -f X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.newsbastards.org.72.27.172.IN-addr.A: Processed from queue /tmp X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.newsbastards.org.72.27.172.IN-addr.A: Processed by beer with -C /etc/mail/sendmail.cf-LOCAL From: Barry Bouwsma To: FreeBSD Hubs Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Hubs References: <200501121512.j0CFCWTw089399@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> <20050112151642.GT49329@submonkey.net> <20050112230641.GA5332@xor.obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: BitTorrent official access? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Barry Bouwsma List-Id: FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:30:18 -0000 Long ago, on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:06:41 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:12:33PM +0100, Barry Bouwsma wrote: > > > Are there plans to officially make FreeBSD releases available via > > > BitTorrent, comparable to the way NetBSD lists it as an access method? > Given that the torrent links were included in the 5.3 release > announcements, that's seems pretty official to me :-) Heh, serves me right for not paying attention to any of the announcements. I stand humiliated. On the other hand, people like me who ignore any announcements and go straight to the Where To Get page know absolutely nothing. I guess I'm saying that once it does become official and all that, there should be a permanent mention on the website, if it's not planned already. Anyhows, two questions: First, is the torrents.freebsd.org machine down (for about a week or so), or am I blocked from reaching it 'cuz I kept having kernel panics and could not be a reliable seed site? Second, While the 4.11 demand was not terribly overwhelming, and I'm actually a bit surprised how there's been a constant demand for 5.3 after all this time, might it be possible to announce in this list (or wherever appropriate) when the .torrent files are available, ahead of the release announcement, for those of us who want to act as seeds and have the ISO images from a nearby mirror already, in order to be all up-to-date and ready for the announcement, so that there are more available seed sites when the announcement does come? And given the constant BitTorrent demand for 5.3 (i386) even without mention apart from the announcement long ago, I wonder if mention on the Where To Find page would result in additional access via Torrent... A cumulative .torrent listing on the official site, I'd say -- with my underpowered hardware I'm no match for an official mirror site, but with storage so cheap these days, a fanatic can easily devote some gigs to releases from long ago with occasional demand, but no need for the infrastructure of a mirror, contributing that way. Only bandwidth slows me down. thanks barry bouwsma