On Sat, 15 May 2004, William Hooper wrote:
Eugen Leitl said:
This isn't applicable for torrents and freecache. There's no point not to
open those once you have a master, and an initial seed community.
Which would lead to a firehose of "I can't use bittorrent, why isn't it on
the mirrors" posts.
Is it really so terrible to wait a couple of days?
Yes, it really is. Here the school semester just ended, and students
are away for a few days. It's the perfect time to upgrade, and I'd been
planning it for this time ever since the 5/3 release was predicted. In
another few days the users will be back.
Isn't the entire point of a torrent that it goes fast for everyone, and
faster if more people use it? Wouldn't the mirrors get it faster that
way? Though personally I have to wonder why mirrors still exist. Those
who use them *should* be penalized.
on the highway (2+ people in your car, you can go faster), automatic
lanes at toll booth (you pay faster, you can get through faster), ATM
machine (you don't need hand-holding, you get more convenient service).
Personally, I usually grab a copy via bittorrent and then give it to our
local mirror.
Damian Menscher