RubyForge BitTorrents?

[James Britt]

I was just grabbing the latest RC for the Windows 1-click installer, and
saw on the download page a large encouragement to use bittorrent to
download files.

However, I didn't see any links to any torrent files, and searching
bitoogle.com didn't locate any either.

The usual direct download links were still there, but I'm wondering what
would be involved in creating a torrent file and linking to it alongside
the regular download links.

Is this feasible without a cumbersome amount of effort?



Thanks,


James

 

[Tom Copeland]

I was just grabbing the latest RC for the Windows 1-click installer, and
saw on the download page a large encouragement to use bittorrent to
download files.

Yup, right on:

http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167

However, I didn't see any links to any torrent files, and searching
bitoogle.com didn't locate any either.

Hm.... doesn't "BitTorrent" on there contain a link to here?

http://bt.rubyforge.org/

The usual direct download links were still there, but I'm wondering what
would be involved in creating a torrent file and linking to it alongside
the regular download links.

Yup, that's a good idea. I think we're moving in that direction,
although for now I'm still creating and posting the torrents manually...

Yours,

tom

 

[Stephan Kämper]

I was just grabbing the latest RC for the Windows 1-click installer, and
saw on the download page a large encouragement to use bittorrent to
download files.

However, I didn't see any links to any torrent files, and searching
bitoogle.com didn't locate any either.

Du you mean something like this?

http://bt.rubyforge.org/

Happy rubying

Stephan

 

[James Britt]

Yup, right on:

http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167




Hm.... doesn't "BitTorrent" on there contain a link to here?

http://bt.rubyforge.org/

Ah, I now see that it does, though the bright red and blue, with nothing
underlined, did not suggest a link to me. It just looks like a
misguided aesthetic decision.

James

 

[Tom Copeland]

Ah, I now see that it does, though the bright red and blue, with nothing
underlined, did not suggest a link to me. It just looks like a
misguided aesthetic decision.

Hm, you're right, the link does look odd. This should be better:

http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167

Thanks,

Tom

 

[gabriele renzi]

Tom Copeland ha scritto:

Hm, you're right, the link does look odd. This should be better:

Really better, imo.

Anyway having a 'via bittorrent' link near the file would still be
better

 

[Tom Copeland]

Tom Copeland ha scritto:



Really better, imo.

Anyway having a 'via bittorrent' link near the file would still be
better

True, yup, it'd be nicer to have tighter integration... still a ways to
go on that, though...

Yours,

Tom

 

[Gavin Kistner]

Really better, imo.

Anyway having a 'via bittorrent' link near the file would still be
better

Yes, the current link, and url, imply to me that I'll be going to a
page describing a BitTorrent project, not a location where I can
download the .torrent files for the current project I'm viewing.

 

[Tom Copeland]

Anyway having a 'via bittorrent' link near the file would still be

Yes, the current link, and url, imply to me that I'll be going to a
page describing a BitTorrent project, not a location where I can
download the .torrent files for the current project I'm viewing.

Good suggestion; how's this?

http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Gavin Kistner]

Good suggestion; how's this?
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=167

Works for me