Where can i see the list of fixes and changes? Just waiting for rss support :D
On Sat, 22 May 2004 15:16:45 -0400 (EDT), David A. Desrosiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It is that time again. Time for the Plucker seeds and mirrors to > help us redistribute a new Plucker release... this time version 1.8! This is > the latest in the "stable" series of Plucker releases. I have taken the time > to convert all of the .bz2 files to .zip also, and made .torrent versions of > those for users who do not know how to unpack a .bz2 file or aren't sure of > which file to download. > > Once all of the seeds are populated, and I can see the BitTorrent > tracker acknowledge them all, I will activate the news article and links to > download them from the main website and other locations. > > For those who don't know the procedure yet, here are the steps: > > 1.) Download the BitTorrent client[1] for your OS. > > 2.) Unpack and install that first > > 3.) Download the Plucker zip-o-torrents file[2] > > 4.) Unpack that into an empty directory with about 100M free space > > 5.) Run your BitTorrent "multi" client across ALL of the torrents in > the directory you just unpacked them into, by passing it the ame > of the directory with these torrents in it. If you are using nux > or Unix, this is called 'btlaunchmany' or 'btlaunchmanycurses' > if you want to see all the files at once (make sure your window > is resized large nough, or you will get Python errors from > curses). If you unpacked the .torrents into /var/lib/plucker, > you would run the client as follows: > > btlaunchmany /var/lib/plucker/ > > If you have set it up correctly, you should see your "seed" start > downloading all of the releases into the directory specified, and then begin > sending pieces upstream (uploading) to the requesting other seeds and > clients. > > Please note: running BitTorrent as a client, or a seed *DOES NOT*, > in any way, open your system or data up for viewing by any other seed or > clients. It will only send pieces of the files specified by the .torrent > files you have downloaded and pointed to when you launched your client. > > BitTorrent is not a "downloader", so please respect that in order > for the system to work, you MUST keep your BitTorrent client running after > all of the files have been downloaded. It only works, when there are peers > on the network, actively sending bits of the files. > > If you download what you want, and close your BitTorrent client, > NOBODY benefits, except you, and that isn't exactly embracing the community > spirit. > > If you have any questions, problems, concerns, or other issues, > please let me know. Also, if you choose to download these files with > BitTorrent, and want to share them up for other users over http or ftp, > please let me know the URL _directly_, and I will link to it from the main > website downloads page. > > Thanks again everyone for helping out, and keep on Plucking! > > [1] BitTorrent: http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/ > [2] Zip-o-Torrents: http://downloads.plkr.org/plkr.org.torrents.zip > md5sum: d4266da0c90621238e826fbed12d4cbc plkr.org.torrents.zip > (74,921 bytes) > > d. > _______________________________________________ > plucker-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-dev > _______________________________________________ plucker-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-dev
