Hello Julien, On 09/01/2006, at 7:26 PM, Julien Bonastre wrote:
I can actually fully understand your disapproval at the idea of using a torrent to distribute this file, and I can also emphasise with your dislikening of trying to create some validation system for the image.
But I don't disapprove of using BT for this. And I also don't disapprove of people using and enjoying that image. In fact, I think BT is great and is perfect for something that is large and popular. What I disapprove of, is seeing someone flaming someone else for a personal opinion. Especially when that someone being called an "amateur" is actually an OpenBSD developer. Downloading OpenBSD in any form via BT is not for me. Unless of course the .torrent file, seed and checksums were from official OpenBSD sources. When I compare the checksum of the download, I want the source checksum to come from an authority. An email from Theo for example. I'm happy with ftp anyway. ~150MB for your desired arch is not huge. I'd be happy to use BT if the project wanted to minimize on bandwidth costs, but I'm not too fussed if we don't get BT. I would however leave a BT client on long term to help out there though. My old low power clamshell iBook would be great for that. Bye for now, Shane J Pearson
