From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 28 10:03:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0C4F16A41F for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:03:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lioux@FreeBSD.org) Received: from vette.gigo.com (vette.gigo.com [216.218.228.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70F2143D49 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:03:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lioux@FreeBSD.org) Received: from 200.140.3.148 (unknown [200.140.3.148]) by vette.gigo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E00055DD for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:03:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 57550 invoked by uid 1001); 28 Sep 2005 10:01:41 -0000 Message-ID: <20050928100141.57485.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:01:19 -0300 From: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira To: "Raphael H. Becker" References: <20050928002013.11564.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> <20050928053534.GB15395@local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050928053534.GB15395@local.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [TEST CASE] Distributing KDE and GNOME dists via BitTorrent X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:03:40 -0000 --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 07:35:12AM +0200, Raphael H. Becker wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 09:19:51PM -0300, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira = wrote: > > "These are a few BitTorrent .torrent files for demonstrating > > that distribution of both KDE and GNOME distfiles through BitTorrent > > is easy. Packages should be the next logical step. :)" >=20 > Keep in mind, not everyone has unlimited access to the internet, Torrent > can just be an alternative. Not at all. Just as we have sources available in CDs, through FTP, WWW, CVS, rsync and other systems... this could be an additional mediu= m. This is just a proposal. This is not an official FreeBSD sanctioned test. I and a group of enthusiasts are trying to see how distribution through BitTorrent would behave. Any small amount of upload bandwidth helps and for downloaders BitTorrent perform fairly (if not a lot better) than standard FTP/WWW protocols. I might be wrong. :) That's why are conducting this trial. > > This could be the beginning of a new official distribution > > medium. Please, help out by seeding for as long as possible. Pass > > the word around, we want a nice try so grab what you want. >=20 > Another nice "medium" would be CVS (KDE, Gnome, Mozilla, wine, ... ) > instead of downloading tarballs :) Do not forget that CVS is good for text not binary. So binary packages (even source tar.gz) are good candidates not to mention that CVS scares a lot of people off and it's just another option. The FreeBSD ports system is already available through CVSup and through the ports system one can automagically fetch any of the necessary files. Regards, --=20 Mario S F Ferreira - DF - Brazil - "I guess this is a signature." feature, n: a documented bug | bug, n: an undocumented feature --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDOmoFrxEiaFLzGQwRAqxWAJ4uCJY2q6VpZJndZdDmV4pGAZKQzACeNJxn 4N8oa6dOC2763lXUFuNrcpQ= =/EYg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--