Re: Sarge r7 CDs released

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 01:09:24PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
>On Tuesday 22 January 2008, Mattias Wadenstein wrote:
>> An alternative, that I've been thinking that we should include in the
>> torrents is: http://getright.com/seedtorrent.html
>>
>> But it requires some changes in how torrents are currently generated
>> (either switch of generating software or some python hacking).
>
>Won't that still cause a big burden on the server?
>The main issue here is that it is quite unlikely that anybody else will
>actually be seeding these images, so almost any bittorent download will
>effectively result in the iso being downloaded from the main server anyway
>(if I understand text at getright.com correctly after quick read).
>
>
>I just see that the sarge/d-i page currently [1] does not even have direct
>links to the jigdo images, only to the iso's and bittorents.
>I've got a patch ready to _replace_ the bittorent links with jigdo links,
>but will wait with commit until this discussion is finished.

Go for it.

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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