-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The torrent mirror system is capable of supporting the additional files fairly easily, given that there are mechanisms in place to permit bridging of traditional mirrors (HTTP/FTP) directly into the torrent swarms (although they may not be getting used properly yet, as the primary client that supports them is still in a beta stage rather than release).
If there's a way for you to provide torrents ahead of time, we can jump-start the process of adding these files to the database used by our torrent system. A comparison of torrent makers can be found at http://wiki.depthstrike.com/index.php/P2P:Protocol:Comparisons:Torrent_Makers The advanced torrent makers that support SHA1 and ED2K hashes are preferred at this time, since they permit bridging of multiple aspects of the p2p distribution project (torrents and magnets) as well. Shareaza is capable of bridging traditional mirrors, torrents, ED2K (eDonkey/eMule), GNUTella (Limewire, Bearshare) and GNUTella2 (Morpheus). It works best when it doesn't have to do any of the steps manually. - - Harold Feit Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I repost this to this list, as there was only one reply on > [EMAIL PROTECTED] My original post is archived at > http://distribution.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=mirrors&msgNo=54 > > Some days ago, I had the opportunity to talk with Stefan Taxhet about > the mirroring system of OpenOffice.org and possibilities to enhance the > distribution of extra components. > > I maintain one server of the Germanophone project/association that > distributes some extra components, including the German ISO. Some of you > may remember the discussion from March, where I cried for help and > server capacities as we simply ran out of bandwith due to the high > demand for our files. :-) > > In short: > There exist a lot of extra components for OpenOffice.org like ISOs, > localized versions of PortableOpenOffice.org, CWS snapshots and so on. > Unfortunately, many of these components don't fit into the existing > rsync namespace due to hard disk space issues - not all mirrors are > capable of mirroring gigabytes of extra stuff. > > At the moment, most of these projects are being mirrored privately > outside the openoffice rsync namespace (or even not being mirrored at > all), and we would like to change that situation. Private mirroring is > not effective, as it is more complicated to integrate new mirrors, and > structures are being created that are outside the scope of our mirroring > system. Having everything related to project and program together in the > mirroring would be fine. Work has to be done only once, and everyone > could profit. > > The proposal: > The current openoffice rsync module should not be touched, so existing > mirrors are not being affected at all and no changes are necessary. An > extra module called openoffice-extended should be introduced. Quoting > Stefans proposal[1], "this rsync module would include the content of > [openoffice] and be a superset containing all the data". Thus, mirrors > being capable of mirroring additional files could easily switch over to > the new module and help distributing additional components. All paths > would stay the same, but some extra directories would show up, > containing the extended stuff. > > Stefan has enough capacities for acting as a master server, and I would > volunteer for coordinating that new module. So, my question for today > is: Who of you would agree in mirroring an rsync module > openoffice-extended? Who has enough hard disk space for doing so, or can > gather enough space in the next weeks? > > According to the listing[2], we need about 75 GB for the extended > module, maybe a little bit more for projects currently not residing in > this directory. If that is too much, maybe some data could be removed > from the module, or we could even split up further, like extended/devel, > extended/iso etc. - but let's first see what is possible for you. > > I can only speak for myself, but having some additional mirrors would > help a lot for distributing files, and I would love to see that > mirroring going on in an "official" mirroring system. > > Looking forward to your help and feedback, > Florian > > [1] > http://distribution.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=mirrors&msgNo=25 > > [2] http://rsync.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/du.list > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBRO3hU18nceBm0DUaAQJjmgf/bCF9Slcfb1Zn5WDYOrS8HLToFQwO6adq TqCMHIYgW8r3K3Y/Ewo95BPoPFgoimDyBDArboKXxoJhP6kqeTxaQEnu/LVhk3qe 3RCzFFkF3PHBkvx57wQqyZ+rKrrs4tRkGeIhdqzjJHONHw6Ftoz4onbiNOiY6Hs0 vecU51Ldu5TArAz3hVjZ5AhdCyxMIDSyB5OaJjf1g995l9Qdp5279BTIaxYlxDWW WAgrlJc6Q4RPNaiR3xX9fr8zKu6al44v7n0mX5zjAD6L1LdR82LBArnGZXg3fF63 4H8ODxF5RxQG7AemR+qE4K8hEgNUKhFMZUIUyIVpzPsoLp4JxVRf7A== =+Ge2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
