Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 40392
Offer bittorrent downloads
Last modified: 2009-06-14 09:14:00 UTC
Description of problem: could u guys / gals pls include the torrent files seeding on the torrent network for the next test and stable releases for this OpenOffice.org Suite fyi, i managed to donwload, install and run the azureus torrent client. but it seems that the download is still very slow (read: crawling) compared to normal download method (direct from website) although i've tried almost all of the suggested solution to speed up the download speed. it should be faster right, download using the torrent network? i might be wrong, but it seems that now u guys / gals provide us (the downloader, end-user) with only the dot-torrent files only on your main websites and your download mirror websites. i think, imho, it would be gr8 if you guys / gals provide us with the dot-torrent file on the main website and the seeding torrent files on the torrent network hosted on your main and mirror download servers, if you know what i meant. since your main and mirror download servers is running 24x7 on fat-pipes (super speed), it should be a much faster and reliable method for us all. i know and i do understand it would be kinda a big thing for you to change the download method and procedure deals with all your mirror download servers organisations, if any, but imho, i think it would be a big advancement for us all to have a faster and more reliable download. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): All Future OpenOffice.org Suite(test & stable releases) How to reproduce: i might be wrong, but it seems that now u guys / gals only provide us (the downloader, end-user) with only the dot-torrent files only on your main websites and your download mirror websites. slow download speed on the torrent network. it is faster to download the normal way (directly from the website) Actual results: only dot-torrent files exist on your main and mirror download websites Expected results: i think, imho, it would be gr8 if you guys / gals provide us with the dot-torrent file on the main website and the seeding torrent files on the torrent network hosted on your main and mirror download servers, if you know what i meant. Additional info: i think, imho, it would be gr8 if you guys / gals provide us with the dot-torrent file on the main website and the seeding torrent files on the torrent network hosted on your main and mirror download servers, if you know what i meant. since your main and mirror download servers is running 24x7 on fat-pipes (super speed), it should be a much faster and reliable method for us all. i know it would be kinda a big thing for you to change the download method and procedure deals with all your mirror download servers organisations, if any, but imho, i think it would be a big advancement for us all to have a faster and more reliable download. REALLY APRC8 UR HELP,TIME AND ATTENTION ON THIS. i THANK YOU GUYS / GALS BEYOND MEASURES. KEEP UP THE GR8 EFFORT.
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Main problem is most likely that the majority of users download the file, and immediately close their client. This in turn means there are less (considerably less) sources available for uploads, which in turn makes the tranfer slow. We need to try and emphasize to users that they shuld leave their BT client run for several days at least, preferably every time they are on line. This will ensure more upload sources, and faster transfers. (As an aside, I once used th Azureus client, found it rather slow... Now using the client which comes standard with Mandrake Linux, it is much faster).
May be those on the cc list have some experience with clients and the expetation we can have...
I managed to download the "OOo_1.1.4_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz.torrent" with a whopping 3 MB/s (that's megabyte, not bit). So I reckon the speed should be alright for most users. I don't think hosting the actual torrent files on more locations will speed up the download process. Looking at the stats on: http://borft.student.utwente.nl:6969 we can see there aren't that many peers for any particular torrent. This might indeed be the cause of slow downloads. However, I have 2 uploaders running 24/7 with a "fat pipe", or in normal language a 100 Mbit uplink, which should garantee reasonable speeds.
Hi, I think we need to streamline the process behind offering bittorrent downloads and limit the need for manual maintenance. Currently http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/bittorrent/download.html offers assorted releases and languages. Does anyone know of a reliant bittorrent service that can automatically mirror ftp://ftp.stardiv.de/pub/OpenOffice.org/ with torrents? Possible services: http://www.tlm-project.org/ http://www.open-bits.org/ Updated summary.
bittorrent would be a really effective way to spread the localized versions. Some countries make heavy use of P2P systems.
The localized versions are already on the bittorent network! ;)
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