From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29329 invoked by uid 1002); 29 May 2003 13:23:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 4207 invoked from network); 29 May 2003 13:23:09 -0000 From: Priit Laes To: Gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20030529142228.796c8161.bain@tcsn.co.za> References: <20030529142228.796c8161.bain@tcsn.co.za> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-5ghqou73FpWBd/JPl4r0" Message-Id: <1054214543.26161.5.camel@cauchy> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.3.92 (Preview Release) Date: 29 May 2003 16:22:23 +0300 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] bittorrent option for downloading files ? X-Archives-Salt: a93a3032-e4b1-4b0a-a1ce-2150779b207a X-Archives-Hash: 343ec5d9ff2b32e7cd539f09c7777a36 --=-5ghqou73FpWBd/JPl4r0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 15:22, Henti Smith wrote: > just a quick thought ...=20 >=20 > would it be viable to add bittorrent support to portage to use instead of= wget etc ?=20 >=20 > Henti=20 >=20 > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list It would be good for live/gamecd's... For packages <50 mb it would consume too much cpu power, because you would have to set up a torrent for every small package out there. --=-5ghqou73FpWBd/JPl4r0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQA+1gmPPK+EYzGZ9c4RAiskAJdPvrlD6VQ18eOPw/xne4dqBjoJAJ9+B/Lm aR6+w7cfpO49a+NWKqC3sg== =ktkz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-5ghqou73FpWBd/JPl4r0--