From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 3 1:39: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60B0037B401 for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 01:39:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f50.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.163.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C2F43E91 for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 01:39:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from crollins666@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 01:39:01 -0800 Received: from 216.19.22.118 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 09:39:01 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.19.22.118] From: "clayton rollins" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: distfiles and ftp Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 09:39:01 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2002 09:39:01.0754 (UTC) FILETIME=[D77EF5A0:01C2831C] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >In the course of running BSD, I have accumulated a number of >ports/distfiles. > >I also have a public ftp which I have made these available on, and I was >wondering if there was any system for reporting a possible source for other >users who need these files. > >Also, I was wondering what everyone thinks about working a gnutella >interface in to the distfile search. (nothing special, just a simple >?automatic? interface to look for the file by name and sha1 hash) I would >think that such an improvement could make the distfile search %100 >effective. > >All comments/flames welcome. >Peace, Love, and Anarchy >cl-8-10 (clayton) Forwarding from the newbies list. I really think this would be something worthwile to look into; I've often found the tar.gz files I need on gnutella, sometimes with better bandwidth than some of the ftps. Please CC me with any replies. (this account can't handle the amount of traffic on -questions. I'll check the archive too.) _________________________________________________________________ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message