To follow up on my original post, Agostino Russo (Wubi author) pushed for metalinks at UDS Boston and it sounds like they should hopefully be ready for Hardy: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/140458/
On 11/5/07, Aaron Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anthony Bryan wrote: > > I usually get slow speeds on BitTorrent. I download via HTTP (using > > multiple mirrors) and then seed the torrent for the rest. > > As do I. There are several files that have left me stranded for so > long that I ended up just using HTTP and discarding the > nearly-complete torrent. That said, I prefer to use torrents and "give > something back". That isn't such an issue with Ubuntu, as the local > mirror has near-unlimited bandwidth and commercial reasons why they > want people to use them as much as possible. So for Ubuntu, I use > direct HTTP. I do the same thing. I assume other people are trying to contribute like that as well. > Given that the metalink files are XML, there seems no reason that I > can see why they couldn't include bittorrent trackers. That would > allow the bittorrent client in Ubuntu, for example, to test out the > different trackers and use the best one(s). If speed dropped below a > certain point, or a chunk wasn't in the bittorrent mesh, HTTP could be > used to the extent necessary to top up the downloading. Yes, that's one of the features of metalinks, you can include a URL to a torrent now. Still working out some of the implementation details for including torrent info like trackers etc in the XML. > In order to implement this, Ubuntu would realistically need some sort > of download manager. I was a big fan of GetRight when I used Windows. > I would be happy if I loaded up Hardy and it had a sparkly new > download manager, fully integrated with every desktop app that may > download something (Firefox etc.) and handling metalinks and torrents > (including metalink files with torrent info). Anything that isn't > downloaded and displayed within the browser window is really the same > from the user's point of view and the interface should probably be the > same. I don't, however, expect the developers to divert resources from > higher priorities to create one when the tools already integrated into > U/Gobuntu already work. I don't know of any maintained & ready GTK download managers. Celerius is one that's in progress that eventually will support everything you've mentioned. You can find it at http://celerius.tuxfamily.org/ GetRight is great and supports this now but it's Windows only. Free Download Manager, another metalink/torrent client, is GPLv3 now, but Windows only as well. -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
