From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 8 17:30:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC3B16A417 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:30:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sbruno@miralink.com) Received: from plato.miralink.com (mail.miralink.com [70.103.185.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2993613C458 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:30:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sbruno@miralink.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by plato.miralink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD1C261B833; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:30:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from plato.miralink.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (plato.miralink.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12634-07; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:30:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from iago.office.miralink.com (iago.office.miralink.com [10.0.0.40]) by plato.miralink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2BE161B831; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:30:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47AC91B2.4020007@miralink.com> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:30:26 -0800 From: Sean Bruno User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway References: <47AC0BC8.3030509@miralink.com> <47AC3D73.2010705@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <47AC3D73.2010705@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DSPAM-Result: Innocent X-DSPAM-Processed: Fri Feb 8 09:30:27 2008 X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.9997 X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000 X-DSPAM-Signature: 47ac91b3136941804284693 X-DSPAM-Factors: 27, X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.499 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 autolearn=ham tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599, DSPAM_HAM=-0.1] X-Spam-Score: -4.499 X-Spam-Level: Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: Question about http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/index.html X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:30:28 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote: > Sean Bruno wrote: >> Does it seem correct to all concerned that each release actually >> lists all files twice? >> >> There is a torrent for the entire release CD ISO set, and then there >> is a completely separate torrent for each CD ISO file. At least that >> is what it looks like to me. >> Is this correct? > > Yes. Many people like to download the whole thing in one torrent. It > does split the aggregate swarm bandwidth, but it doesn't seem to be a > problem in practice. > > Kris Thanks for anticipating my next question! :) <2cents> I just found it odd that that users couldn't just specify the file to download from the release torrent. It also makes it slightly(read almost negligible) harder to seed effectively as I would need to download more than one centralized torrent. Since I use the complete torrent for my purposes, I can only assist the folks who also download the entire torrent. Sean