Bit Torrent like portage distribution

snkmoorthy · Guru Joined: 19 Nov 2002 Posts: 376

Is it there or is there a need for Bit Torrent like p2p for portage trees?

Gibberx · Apprentice Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Posts: 217 Location: UMBC

This is a good idea for situations like the time Ibiblio bit the dust from a KDE release. When a major package is updated, we can provide a BitTorrent file for those without much luck with the mirrors.

I've found BitTorrent to be pretty fast, I got the 100 MB Matrix Reloaded trailer in ~5 minutes on my cable modem... it's the answer to the Slashdot effect!

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

If I'm not mistaken, this would be along the lines of the portage/p2p discussion in this thread.

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