Hi Mike,
> - commandline -> bittorrent
> 1. this is quite easy, install the bittorent package
> 2. run: btdownloadcurses <path to torrent>; for instance:
> btdownloadcurses
> http://borft.student.utwente.nl:6969/file?info_hash=00cc1bf4ca38cfa60347a7b8caf4c0289885f049
> which would download the 2.0 windows beta
:-(
I get an error:
('Error reading .torrent file: ', "[Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'http://borft.student.utwente.nl:6969/file?info_hash=00cc1bf4ca38cfa60347a7b8caf4c0289885f049'")
Well, besides that, Mike, are you a good Python programmer?
I just had an idea. Someone who knows Python could make a "download
manager" for OOo that actually uses BT on the back-end. Suppose you take
this BT program you just showed me (and that it works). One could make a
very simple GUI on top of it, whose only task is to tell the user that the
file is downloading. There would be one such program for each platform.
So, the idea is to hide the BT inner workings, and the user-visible part
very simple. After all, we're not in the business of educating people about
BT. We are in the business of getting people to download OOo.
What do you think? Worth a shot?
If it were that simple, it would be easier to sell BT as an alternate
download mechanism. If this system proves to be reliable and easy to use,
we could take it further and make all OOo downloads use BT. Here's the
idea:
* User goes to the download page.
* User selects the language and operating system.
Notice: There is no option to select a mirror. The user never has to
learn what a mirror is.
Automatically the user gets an appropriate "download manager" that
downloads OOo for them. It just runs, and they see a progress bar. Unknown
to the user, this is running on BT.
Cheers,
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