https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476435
--- Comment #2 from Freedim ---
(In reply to Jack Hill from comment #1)
> So this setting is used to add trackers to torrents that are added by just
> an infohash. I.e. "File" -> "Open URL" -> paste in an info hash -> click
> "OK" and then KTorrent forms a magnet link from the infohash & adds the
> trackers from https://newtrackon.com/api/stable.
>
> It seems like you are expecting the trackers from
> https://newtrackon.com/api/stable to be added to every torrent? New and
> pre-existing torrents too?
I was expecting either what you've described or at least to have those trackers
added when I click on the "Add trackers" button in the trackers panel at the
bottom of the window.
It seems now clear that anyway, I had a wrong expectation. Perhaps refining the
labelling of the field "Tracker list URL" in "Menu Configuration > Configure
kTorrent > Advanced" would help. I realise it is already somewhat protected by
being placed in the "Advanced" section. However, some "quite advanced computer
users" (like myself ;) ) who are used to play with advanced settings of many
applications without problem may be clueless about the torrent protocol
technicalities, the meaning of "infohash" (although I do work with file/data
hashing and IPFS on a daily basis) or the fact that a "tracker list URL" field
is only used for infohashes.
I usually click on magnet links, which results in having a torrent with like
8-10 trackers. When there are very few seeders and the download is very slow or
stalled, I manually copy/paste the trackers from newtrackon.com/api/stable,
which most of the time results in having a few additional seeders and a better
download rate. I was expecting the button "Add Trackers" to do it automatically
by fetching the tracker list from the URL set in the "Tracker list URL" and
adding the returned tracker.
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