Hi Nick, Is there anything else I can help with here? I see 5.1.8 update is released already.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 3:48 AM Andrew Lutsenko <anlutse...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, I did verify that, sorry I wasn't clear. It definitely works. > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 02:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was implicitly hoping you could explicitly verify for me that using the >> OSDN url would support range requests. :) >> >> tor. 1. okt. 2020 09.09 skrev Andrew Lutsenko <anlutse...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Yes, it does. I think it will work with any http server supporting range >>> requests. >>> You can have multiple webseed urls in the torrent as well, just pass >>> --urlList flag multiple times. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 11:28 PM Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Does it also work with the OSDN mirror? >>>> >>>> tor. 1. okt. 2020 02.42 skrev Andrew Lutsenko <anlutse...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I recall we had this discussion before about providing torrent files >>>>> for release downloads to reduce the slowdown related to rush traffic. it >>>>> didn't go far mainly because of resources needed to maintain separate >>>>> torrent seeding infrastructure. >>>>> >>>>> I recently discovered that p2p torrent protocol supports webseeding, a >>>>> feature that allows torrent clients to download chunks of files from >>>>> standard http/ftp servers. It's implemented by most major torrent client >>>>> software. This way the file is initially seeded by the http server but as >>>>> more and more peers get the data the swarm takes over most of the traffic >>>>> load. >>>>> >>>>> I tried it out and it works nicely with kicad's existing http download >>>>> resources so there is no need to have separate infra for torrents! >>>>> >>>>> Would you be open to adding this? >>>>> All that is needed is put .torrent files either on kicad website or >>>>> even better, on the https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/ server next >>>>> to the installers and add a link to them. >>>>> >>>>> I've generated torrents with webseed information for 5.1.7 here: >>>>> https://forum.kicad.info/t/torrents-for-kicad-stable-version-5-1-7-win-and-osx/16609/14?u=qu1ck >>>>> >>>>> To do it yourself in the future is trivial, here is the bash script I >>>>> used to create the files: >>>>> >>>>> for f in *.exe ; do >>>>> create-torrent "$f" -o $f.torrent --urlList >>>>> https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/windows/stable/ >>>>> done >>>>> for f in *.dmg ; do >>>>> create-torrent "$f" -o $f.torrent --urlList >>>>> https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/osx/stable/ >>>>> done >>>>> >>>>> It depends on create-torrent utility that you can get by running "npm >>>>> install -g create-torrent" >>>>> >>>>> I can also make a merge request on the kicad website if someone will >>>>> upload the torrent files to the s3 server. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Andrew >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>>
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