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Petter E. Stokke wrote:
>I'd definitely like to see BitTorrent implemented for KDE, and, like
> Mr. Pyne, I also tried my hand at getting a BT client going once, and
> didn't get much farther than the BEncoding, although, unlike Mr.
> Pyne, my efforts didn't result in any useful product. I'm coming to
> believe that the best way to go would be to simply use the original
> BitTorrent code along with some Python DCOP glue to produce a
> kded-like service, w9th a GUI frontend to go with it; a bit like the
> mldonkey/KMLDonkey combination, only more specifically tailored to
> the particular needs of the BitTorrent protocol. It has the great
> advantage of being easier to implement, not to mention more
> compatible, than any C++ reimplementation. I doubt the Python
> dependency would constitute an added burden to any KDE user these
> days.

I agree with Petter's arguments here. BitTorrent is not like normal I/O=20
and would definetely not integrate well with KIO. For one thing, data=20
comes completely out-of-order, so you can't reconstitute the files=20
being downloaded until they've completed downloading.

My suggestion would be a simple download manager -- maybe even=20
integrated with KMLDonkey -- by running one or more instances of=20
btdownloadheadless.py. Maybe some tweaking or another script would be=20
necessary to give the manager enough information to present the user.

Another solution would be to simply rewrite the btdownloadgui.py script=20
in PyQt or KDE's Python bindings (do they exist?) instead of wxPython.

I would specially recommend against rewriting the download engine. Use=20
the existing, official one.

=2D-=20
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