On 12/14/2010 03:13 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: > On 12/14/2010 02:51 PM, Hamish wrote: >>> From: Markus Neteler >>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Suggestions sought! >>> To: "Hamish" >>> Cc: "GRASS user list" >>> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 6:02 AM >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Hamish wrote: >>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc >>>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/ >>>> http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/ >>>> >>>> there is no torrent tracker yet set up for the DVD images, >>>> but if anyone has experience on how to set up that sort of >>>> thing please introduce yourself on the live-demo mailing >>>> list. >> ... >>> On Dec 15, 2010 Markus wrote: >>> We got his offer from ibiblio.org (pls forward to the >>> live-demo mailing list.): >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:55 PM, John Reuning <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> ... >>>> I also wanted to open a dialog about using BitTorrent for >>>> distribution. ibiblio has a torrent site that we use for >>>> other projects. http://torrent.ibiblio.org/ One of >>>> our goals for the next several months is to add more >>>> projects. The grass software and gis sample data sets look >>>> like great candidates. We have search/browse as well as >>>> seeding software designed for server use. The torrents >>>> should never go stale as long as you intend to distribute >>>> the content. >>>> >>>> If you're interested, we'll make the files available and >>>> provide you links for your web pages. In future updates to >>>> the web site, we plan to add self-service tools for you to >>>> take control over your content. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> -John R. >>> >>> cheers >>> Markus >> >> >> Yes, that sounds very useful! >> Our DVD ISO-image downloads are here: >> http://live.osgeo.org/download.html >> >> >> (for those of you in the game long enough to remember the old >> days, Ibiblio is the former & most famous Sunsite FTP repo, >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiblio ) >> >> >> regards, >> Hamish >> > > If you remember correctly I did do a torrent for version 3. Decided not > to do one for version 4 partly because we didn't have enough mirrors but > also because there was little demand (only about 120 downloads total) > compared to the regular download. > > Currently the ISO downloads are managed by me using mirrorbrain as I > mentioned on the geodata list earlier today. We also have 3 mirrors up > right now, 2 in the US and 1 in Germany. I would be more than happy to > add additional mirrors & torrents to the configuration. > > Thanks, > Alex
A follow up note, in the past we used the several public torrent trackers rather than having to host our own. See the wiki for details http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Build#Creating_a_torrent_file Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
