Alternate downloads (torrents, etc.)
Has the idea of alternate download methods for disk images, like torrents been discussed?
It may be hard to implement right now due to a small userbase, and may mean that in the
short term, the original download server is the only seed, but it has the distinct
advantage that the more the userbase grows, and the more people leave their client online
after their own download has finished, the more it relieves the stress on the original
server.
As a bonus, torrents are automatically check-summed during download with no user
interaction, so the chances of a corrupt download go down.
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Re: Alternate downloads (torrents, etc.)
Releases such as the four alpha releases have been available via many means such as torrents.
The last alpha release torrents can be found at: https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku
Re: Alternate downloads (torrents, etc.)
It's good that there are mirror servers/torrents for the last alpha release.
I was thinking of the nightlies.
Presumably a cron job or similar to seed a torrent, and add the link to the existing nightly download page? It should be possible to automate, so it doesn't waste time better spent on other areas of development.
Re: Alternate downloads (torrents, etc.)
torrent the nightlies? they'd lose seeds daily.
Re: Alternate downloads (torrents, etc.)