Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear BitTorrents

2005-03-18 Thread Martin Spott
Arthur Wiebe wrote: Martin, BitTorrent could eliminate the need for multiple mirrors altogether. Maybe, I just don't understand why we should eliminate a working infrastructure. While 200 kbps is fast enough under most circumstances, I have noticed that the servers are still slow. (The time

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear BitTorrents

2005-03-17 Thread Martin Spott
Vandewalle, David E wrote: Now what would be really neat is if we could get some seeders started with the entire world scenery distribution. Things that size (i.e. HUGE!) is where bit torrent can really shine. Not that I object against adding additional distribution methods, it's just that

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear BitTorrents

2005-03-17 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Quoting Martin Spott : I have the whole set but I don't volunteer because I personally don't feel that we're going to gain noticeable improvement just by offering another file transfer method. And what about version management on a P2P network ? What is the version of file w090n40.tgz ? -Fred

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear BitTorrents

2005-03-17 Thread Arthur Wiebe
Martin, BitTorrent could eliminate the need for multiple mirrors altogether. Conventional servers have their place, but take X-Plane for example: http://www.x-plane.com/demo.html The BitTorrent download is displayed as the preferred download method, but for those who would rather download from a

[Flightgear-devel] FlightGear BitTorrents

2005-03-15 Thread Arthur Wiebe
Hey everyone, FlightGear (source and base), and SimGear source are now available for download via BitTorrent, thanks to http://www.open-bits.org See: http://www.open-bits.org/browse.php?cat=3 http://www.open-bits.org/details.php?id=902 (SimGear Source) http://www.open-bits.org/details.php?id=901

RE: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear BitTorrents

2005-03-15 Thread Vandewalle, David E
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arthur Wiebe Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:24 PM To: FlightGear developers discussions; FlightGear user discussions Subject: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear BitTorrents Hey everyone, FlightGear (source and base), and SimGear source are now available

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear BitTorrents

2005-03-15 Thread Arthur Wiebe
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:24 PM To: FlightGear developers discussions; FlightGear user discussions Subject: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear BitTorrents Hey everyone, FlightGear (source and base), and SimGear source are now available for download via BitTorrent, thanks to http://www.open