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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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