On 18/03/2008, Mattias Wadenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Don Armstrong wrote: > > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Anthony Towns wrote: > >> I guess there's an inequality like: > >> > >> images on mirrors <= images on torrents <= images via jigdo > > > > Is there any way we can construct the torrent image on the fly from > > the jigdo file? [That is, transform the packages that make up bits > > x<->y into what they'd be on the iso?] > > > > I don't know enough about the mkisofs process to say whether this is > > possible, but it'd be very useful if it were. > > > In theory yes, and this would be quite useful. The code for this needs to > be written though. > > It would also be useful for me who runs the main cd torrent seeder in that > I could just have an up-to-date debian archive and snapshot (minor rsync > update), instead of syncing 300+ gigs of data before all the seeds are > started up. > > > /Mattias Wadenstein
Hey, I'm interested in this as a problem solving exercise. I'm a beginner in the entire system, but curious. Torrents use md5 sums, chunks and a tracker to point at available portions of the file. The similarities to jigdo are there, so surely it should be possible to mash them together somehow. First question: What torrent tracker software does Debian use? BNBT? Rivettracker? cheers, Owen.
