On Monday 30 January 2006 02:30, kieran mullen wrote: > Why would you need php when the existing download page doesnt require > one? They are pushing a file based in the url... correct me if I am > wrong.. but isnt that all you are doing with the torrent file?
The current torrent downloads page is auto generated using a php script, which generates the required js arrays. This requires much less maintenance, then doing it by hand, everytime a new archive is added, or one is dropped. Unfortunately, the OOo server doesn't allow for php code. Furthermore, in times of high demand, the OOo server is useually swamped with http requests, even when most of the content is static. So this is a nasty problem :) As for the integration, that would be possible, but that would add an extra option to the downloads selection menu (namely the type of download). I wonder, whether that would no over complicate the download process for the average user... OTOH, you are quite right about the bandwidth-saving-advantages of using bittorrent, so we should promote it as much as possible, especially in times of very high demand on our mirror network. Mike
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