Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:52:52 -0500 From: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@tvog.net> To: Barry Bouwsma <freebsd-misuser@NOSPAM.dyndns.dk> Cc: FreeBSD Hubs <freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BitTorrent official access? Message-ID: <420B7544.4070204@tvog.net> In-Reply-To: <200502071530.j17FU9KV017320@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> References: <200501121512.j0CFCWTw089399@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> <20050112151642.GT49329@submonkey.net> <20050112230641.GA5332@xor.obsecurity.org> <200502071530.j17FU9KV017320@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK>
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Barry Bouwsma wrote: >Long ago, on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:06:41 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > >>>On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:12:33PM +0100, Barry Bouwsma wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Are there plans to officially make FreeBSD releases available via >>>>BitTorrent, comparable to the way NetBSD lists it as an access method? >>>> >>>> > > > >>Given that the torrent links were included in the 5.3 release >>announcements, that's seems pretty official to me :-) >> >> > >Heh, serves me right for not paying attention to any of the announcements. >I stand humiliated. On the other hand, people like me who ignore any >announcements and go straight to the Where To Get page know absolutely >nothing. I guess I'm saying that once it does become official and all >that, there should be a permanent mention on the website, if it's not >planned already. > > >Anyhows, two questions: > >First, is the torrents.freebsd.org machine down (for about a week or so), >or am I blocked from reaching it 'cuz I kept having kernel panics and >could not be a reliable seed site? > >Second, > >While the 4.11 demand was not terribly overwhelming, and I'm actually >a bit surprised how there's been a constant demand for 5.3 after all >this time, might it be possible to announce in this list (or wherever >appropriate) when the .torrent files are available, ahead of the >release announcement, for those of us who want to act as seeds and >have the ISO images from a nearby mirror already, in order to be all >up-to-date and ready for the announcement, so that there are more >available seed sites when the announcement does come? > > >And given the constant BitTorrent demand for 5.3 (i386) even without >mention apart from the announcement long ago, I wonder if mention on >the Where To Find page would result in additional access via Torrent... > > >A cumulative .torrent listing on the official site, I'd say -- with my >underpowered hardware I'm no match for an official mirror site, but >with storage so cheap these days, a fanatic can easily devote some gigs >to releases from long ago with occasional demand, but no need for the >infrastructure of a mirror, contributing that way. Only bandwidth slows >me down. > > >thanks >barry bouwsma > > > > Any resolution to this yet? I would like to seed the downloads as well, I have plenty of bandwidth to abuse. Still cant access the tracker. __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584
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