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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposed removal of service: torrents.gentoo.org
From:       Sergey Popov <pinkbyte () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2012-12-26 8:58:30
Message-ID: 50DABC36.3010600 () gentoo ! org
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23.12.2012 22:49, Robin H. Johnson пишет:
> torrents.gentoo.org has been down for a few months now, and there have
> been very few comments about it. Up until a few years ago, it was still
> quite useful, but I believe that we have sufficient bandwidth and
> mirror-coverage around the world that it's become a moot point.
>
> (snip)
>
> If we need torrents in future, we should use public trackers, as there
> is no further need to run our own BitTorrent tracker. The .torrent
> files themselves should live on our own mirrors, with GPG signatures to
> prove authenticity (we actually only need to sign the infohash value).

Personally i have agreed with this point of view. Our own torrent
service is unneeded anymore - we do not lose anything important if we
use public trackers for this

-- 
Best regards, Sergey Popov
Gentoo Linux Developer
Desktop-effects project lead


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