Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote:On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > Ktorrent is the current default torrent client that we provide in Kubuntu. > Now that we've transitioned to Plasma 5, it's no longer buildable/installable > in "Vivid". > > The upstream web site is down: http://ktorrent.org/ > > I looked in KDE git and there's no sign of a KF5/Plasma 5 port: > https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/ktorrent/repository > > My conclusion is that ktorrent isn't an option for Vivid, so we either need to > stop shipping a torrent client or pick a different one. Since torrent is one > of the major distribution mechanisms for Kubuntu images, I think we should > continue to recommend a torrent client in Kubuntu Desktop. > > I took a look at the currently packaged alternatives and qbittorrent seems > like the obvious choice. It's Qt based and is actively maintained in Debian > and upstream. > > Anyone have other suggestions? > > I'll probably go ahead and make this change shortly. We can always switch to > something else if we conclude there's a better option. Ktorrent being seeded > is one of the reasons the LiveFS builds are currently failing. > > Scott K
I hope we can continue to ship Ktorrent. It is currently in queue to be "gardened" so some of the major bugs will be fixed, and a new release. Unfortunately, that doesn't get it ported. But at that point perhaps it will be in a state where a maintainer will step up. I know this is a time of transition, and we might have to shuffle things up a bit. Currently, Ktorrent is working just fine for me in Plasma 5 on Utopic. I seed all the *buntu torrents. Valorie I am of the same mind as Valorie on this, I might even play with the idea of becoming a maintainer of Ktorrent. But I'd prefer to keep it Rick Timmis -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
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