Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 09:39:01 +0000 From: "clayton rollins" <crollins666@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: distfiles and ftp Message-ID: <F50TYSl1q4gtopWd7KK000001b8@hotmail.com>
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>In the course of running BSD, I have accumulated a number of >ports/distfiles. > >I also have a public ftp which I have made these available on, and I was >wondering if there was any system for reporting a possible source for other >users who need these files. > >Also, I was wondering what everyone thinks about working a gnutella >interface in to the distfile search. (nothing special, just a simple >?automatic? interface to look for the file by name and sha1 hash) I would >think that such an improvement could make the distfile search %100 >effective. > >All comments/flames welcome. >Peace, Love, and Anarchy >cl-8-10 (clayton) Forwarding from the newbies list. I really think this would be something worthwile to look into; I've often found the tar.gz files I need on gnutella, sometimes with better bandwidth than some of the ftps. Please CC me with any replies. (this account can't handle the amount of traffic on -questions. I'll check the archive too.) _________________________________________________________________ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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