Binaries of new releases should be shared using bittorrent
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Currently downloading KDE 4.3 for Mandriva 2009.1 x86_64, and it\'s dead slow. No suprise with all the interest...
I would love if I could download the binaries using bittorrent when a new release is upon us. This way we could get fast download speeds and install from our local copy. The FTP/HTTP mirrors are slow to update, and the number of people interested ensures it\'s a full nights job to upgrade. |
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KDE Developer
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I vote WONTFIX because this is not our job. KDE is not distributing any binary packages. Ask Mandriva.
Proud kdegames developer since 2008, and member of the KDE forums since March 2009
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As majewsky said, KDE does not release binaries. Further, bittorrent is not a good way to release binaries, most distributions user their own package management system.
Man is the lowest-cost, 150-pound, nonlinear, all-purpose computer system which can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.
-NASA in 1965 |
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KDE Developer
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Bittorrent can, in principle, be a good way to release binaries. You only need some official seeders, strong checksums and digital signatures for the packages (which are already state-of-the-art).
Proud kdegames developer since 2008, and member of the KDE forums since March 2009
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