Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09718D77F for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:28:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 17305 invoked by uid 500); 18 Sep 2012 00:28:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 17181 invoked by uid 500); 18 Sep 2012 00:28:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 17173 invoked by uid 99); 18 Sep 2012 00:28:32 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:28:32 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of acolorado@gmail.com designates 209.85.160.47 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.160.47] (HELO mail-pb0-f47.google.com) (209.85.160.47) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:28:25 +0000 Received: by pbcwy7 with SMTP id wy7so9676842pbc.6 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:28:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=+wvwOFkg10DE8Fdz7Mdb5cz6+DhJAZ9xM1mO5olKDMU=; b=m0IazbQKy+m+XsXWUhuwZbo0spfJijKpH2mohV+SiSoFPCmRqLDsfvMZF0go/kIVo6 rDtFBKGFkw2z/kE3ATYW1LD0U6A+Z5JSrHVeezNh2XsYGiwclpAOZyWQ5TiacrPUpsBq oZ5zFuKRK7Ve5hkuAKXyArqZk+U0YopKh9fKPOXZXoA10QY/A0//RNkwzXv38bVFMfzK z1z9ES4bT339GnrjUvJLTnPuoTSvG9hjmMiHHNYR6407Ar36y6klEQBwsjYiOg3M74rW GU6vy/8wEg5PIhrP14EZcfGNWUfo9x23Ah1UvNhO3kPp0nAY7zs/sDg1d8tds89G3M/w pPqw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.234.98 with SMTP id ud2mr25063724pbc.165.1347928084687; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:28:04 -0700 (PDT) Sender: acolorado@gmail.com Received: by 10.66.9.231 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:28:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:28:04 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: hKjVo1X0GwOHoWVJ_5c8-NxNvUE Message-ID: Subject: Re: BItTorrents -- do we care? From: Alexandro Colorado To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b33cf6aababf704c9eef658 --047d7b33cf6aababf704c9eef658 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > I've recently seen a few requests for ability to download AOO via a > torrent. something we do not currently provide. > > I see that OOo did this for legacy versions: > http://www.openoffice.org/distribution/p2p/ > > According to the scripts on this page, it looks like it was run by a > "Mike" in the Netherlands (http://borft.student.utwente.nl/~mike). > > Is this worth doing for AOO? Is this critical for any class of user? > Or just "nice to have"? > Bittorrent has its values such as protect privacy for the user and also allows to serve big files. Althought AOO is not too big by nowadays internet, it could be an advantage for bandwith sensitive regions, or high latency. That said, I don't know many people coming writing in to thank us for the P2P alternative. AFAIK. > > I'm willing to help seed the torrents if we think there is a definite > need for this. We'd want a few other volunteers willing to do this as > well. Of course, ideally we'd have the torrent seeded by an existing > mirror, but that may not be possible. > > -Rob > -- Alexandro Colorado PPMC Apache OpenOffice http://es.openoffice.org --047d7b33cf6aababf704c9eef658--