Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:24:21 -0800 From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@miralink.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/index.html Message-ID: <47ACAC65.4030601@miralink.com> In-Reply-To: <44r6fns1dz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <47AC0BC8.3030509@miralink.com> <47AC3D73.2010705@FreeBSD.org> <47AC91B2.4020007@miralink.com> <44r6fns1dz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Sean Bruno <sbruno@miralink.com> writes: > > >> <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> >> > > You *can* do it both ways. Right after a release, I often download > the "everything" torrent, then continue to seed that one while also > seeding the partial torrents. I use file links to avoid needing to > download the partial torrents separately. > Ah, that's a good idea. I'll do something like that tonight. That solution doesn't seem to be very obvious to me though. Not that I am an expert in this kind of stuff. /me drops it. Sean
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