From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 1 10:07:18 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9F80C1 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 10:07:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@qxnitro.org) Received: from mail-la0-f47.google.com (mail-la0-f47.google.com [209.85.215.47]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5111A8FC08 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 10:07:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f47.google.com with SMTP id fh20so4784855lab.34 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:07:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=qxnitro.org; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=agSViLa6NMrkpKqMj5YhhGadsJWegRqrRF2++a9KGZg=; b=BSWq3Hbo432OkaEh8l8DONpZtRnezQoomIp7JhqW1qg5TRW90JvZ8zLOrIexh2iWJ1 PoqTz1Uei0X2RgykqktV/2o7WX+lKFhYONNJYUDZuVrU+zx1rhPx9l8z5VDhoZT0He3+ YEn4LnPN6A2UApHuBkVchcNQICDlgspWP7jmA= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=agSViLa6NMrkpKqMj5YhhGadsJWegRqrRF2++a9KGZg=; b=i0s8PsnnedM2M68H1IZX0sxiQr77NonUrmMmOhfJ2rD5E64HRRvm/wHuMpJTUfVR7L zYqOPRsE592wzsREsb7dQLzYn5xuzXShV3/oosQznoSLfeVh20arElmNlsN8LcHLwzPz w9qKkdsLbHYjB8+qobO+kb8f3R/dFJot+1niK3hnNeHsQYWXkIA56QH9XAc/0pNPzXo2 y7a3v4ZU8h/Ouc+nnB/Ec5lygu4UL7EUW2vla6kKCtC2WaKaG2Fw2qKg3jmmXTyCztW/ KGqmIByACc1i45i4coG1U1cZPCI5wSlBZdtDqZnZB25tmpPHwxlUz4ZSmchiF1vF4MeT B9qw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.84.168 with SMTP id a8mr16661810lbz.75.1357034836634; Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:07:16 -0800 (PST) Sender: simon@qxnitro.org Received: by 10.112.19.41 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 02:07:16 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [89.100.233.26] In-Reply-To: <50E0EAD8.2080009@oitsec.umn.edu> References: <50E0EAD8.2080009@oitsec.umn.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 10:07:16 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6A5ikJ7-XfNTKzm4qEFoaGjom9o Message-ID: Subject: Re: 9.1-RELEASE announcement and BitTorrent? From: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" To: Alan Amesbury Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnAFo+zeNeo/z+V5It3O4Sojc6IFyumiJtOowmGCxWVX78QnM1nLqviN0/XMkWM92JZ4Vy/ Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, FreeBSD_RE X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:07:18 -0000 On 31 December 2012 01:31, Alan Amesbury wrote: > The FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE announcement located at > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/announce.html > > says, "[t]he required files can be downloaded via FTP or BitTorrent as > described in the sections below..." but makes no further mention of > BitTorrent. I see torrents.freebsd.org still has a 503 error up with a note > saying it probably won't be back. Is the plan to host FreeBSD's releases > via one of the well known public trackers (e.g., publicbt.com) or to > completely abandon that method of distribution? Either way, the > announcement probably should be changed, i.e., either list the BitTorrent > methods available or remove all mention of BitTorrent. Yes, it was a copy/paste error from previous annouments and should probably be removed from the online copy. re@ CC'ed for that. There isn't really a plan yet AFAIK. The old setup just wasn't sustainable so it had to be taken down. Some people have looked at trackerless setups but AFAIK not yet in detail on setting something up. -- Simon L. B. Nielsen