Yes, > You can have multiple webseed urls in the torrent as well, just pass --urlList flag multiple times.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 2:14 AM Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > Can it have multiple webseed locations? > > fre. 6. nov. 2020 02.40 skrev Andrew Lutsenko <anlutse...@gmail.com>: > >> 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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