On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 01:09:24PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: >On Tuesday 22 January 2008, Mattias Wadenstein wrote: >> An alternative, that I've been thinking that we should include in the >> torrents is: http://getright.com/seedtorrent.html >> >> But it requires some changes in how torrents are currently generated >> (either switch of generating software or some python hacking). > >Won't that still cause a big burden on the server? >The main issue here is that it is quite unlikely that anybody else will >actually be seeding these images, so almost any bittorent download will >effectively result in the iso being downloaded from the main server anyway >(if I understand text at getright.com correctly after quick read). > > >I just see that the sarge/d-i page currently [1] does not even have direct >links to the jigdo images, only to the iso's and bittorents. >I've got a patch ready to _replace_ the bittorent links with jigdo links, >but will wait with commit until this discussion is finished.
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