Le Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:21:35 +0200, Olivier Thauvin <[email protected]> a écrit :
> * Renaud MICHEL ([email protected]) wrote: > > On samedi 02 octobre 2010 at 13:42, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote : > > > Seems to me that this is an area where all those really > > > interested in the success of Mageia can help, at the cost of a > > > little bandwidth, by seeding for Bittorrent once they have > > > downloaded the .iso they need. > > > > But for that to help reduce the size of mageia on mirrors, that > > would imply that the ISOs will be only provided by bittorrent (or > > restricted to a few mirrors more dedicated to mageia). > > > > I have already done it for mandriva, and I can seed some GB/month > > for mageia ISOs. > > Bad idea: > - bittorrent servers are not so availlable, espacially several years > after the release > - iso not availlable on mirror will bother people making their private > mirror for internal use > - many people cannot use bittorent (my own case at work, university > filter it). > > I am not against providing ISO using bittorent, but it cannot be the > only way to get it. > > Regards. > > > > > -- > > Renaud Michel Perhaps with Metalink ? see http://www.metalinker.org/
