Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:30:26 -0800 From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@miralink.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/index.html Message-ID: <47AC91B2.4020007@miralink.com> In-Reply-To: <47AC3D73.2010705@FreeBSD.org> References: <47AC0BC8.3030509@miralink.com> <47AC3D73.2010705@FreeBSD.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > Sean Bruno wrote: >> Does it seem correct to all concerned that each release actually >> lists all files twice? >> >> There is a torrent for the entire release CD ISO set, and then there >> is a completely separate torrent for each CD ISO file. At least that >> is what it looks like to me. >> Is this correct? > > Yes. Many people like to download the whole thing in one torrent. It > does split the aggregate swarm bandwidth, but it doesn't seem to be a > problem in practice. > > Kris Thanks for anticipating my next question! :) <2cents> I just found it odd that that users couldn't just specify the file to download from the release torrent. It also makes it slightly(read almost negligible) harder to seed effectively as I would need to download more than one centralized torrent. Since I use the complete torrent for my purposes, I can only assist the folks who also download the entire torrent. </2cents> Sean
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