-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Carrera wrote: > Hi Mike, > > >>- commandline -> bittorrent >> 1. this is quite easy, install the bittorent package >> 2. run: btdownloadcurses <path to torrent>; for instance: >>btdownloadcurses >>http://borft.student.utwente.nl:6969/file?info_hash=00cc1bf4ca38cfa60347a7b8caf4c0289885f049 >>which would download the 2.0 windows beta > > > :-( > > I get an error: > > ('Error reading .torrent file: ', "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: > 'http://borft.student.utwente.nl:6969/file?info_hash=00cc1bf4ca38cfa60347a7b8caf4c0289885f049'") That's very strange, because clicking the link you posted, my bittorrent client actually starts downloading...
> Well, besides that, Mike, are you a good Python programmer? > I just had an idea. Someone who knows Python could make a "download > manager" for OOo that actually uses BT on the back-end. Suppose you take > this BT program you just showed me (and that it works). One could make a > very simple GUI on top of it, whose only task is to tell the user that the > file is downloading. There would be one such program for each platform. using python that wouldn't be a problem since it's already cross platform. However, I regret to say i'm not a very skilled python programmer. :( > So, the idea is to hide the BT inner workings, and the user-visible part > very simple. After all, we're not in the business of educating people about > BT. We are in the business of getting people to download OOo. > What do you think? Worth a shot? They idea is a good one, however, we need to watch out to hide to much of the download process. It would be much easier for 3rd parties to insert trojans or virusses, and since the downloader doesn't really know what he's doing.... > If it were that simple, it would be easier to sell BT as an alternate > download mechanism. If this system proves to be reliable and easy to use, > we could take it further and make all OOo downloads use BT. Here's the > idea: > > * User goes to the download page. > * User selects the language and operating system. > > Notice: There is no option to select a mirror. The user never has to > learn what a mirror is. > > Automatically the user gets an appropriate "download manager" that > downloads OOo for them. It just runs, and they see a progress bar. Unknown > to the user, this is running on BT. the idea does sound alright, however, the crossplatform/crossbrowser functionality can be very tricky... I still like your idea though... Mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCQnwn/rsHkUKjSCsRAtD+AJ0Wgx2Bc1HlunnK/7FqtgNJ67/EzwCdFrBA r0W54ZHP2K1iugI/ybcojGk= =ok6M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
