Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:18:16 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Sean Bruno <sbruno@miralink.com> Subject: Re: Question about http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/index.html Message-ID: <44r6fns1dz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <47AC91B2.4020007@miralink.com> (Sean Bruno's message of "Fri\, 08 Feb 2008 09\:30\:26 -0800") References: <47AC0BC8.3030509@miralink.com> <47AC3D73.2010705@FreeBSD.org> <47AC91B2.4020007@miralink.com>
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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.
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