Package: rtorrent
Version: 0.3.4-1
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
for users begind a NAT router with dynamic IP (like most dsl users) it
would be nice if one could change the IP rtorrent reports to the
tracker without restarting it. For this I can think of two options
which might both be intresting on their own:
1) Set IP to a dns name and have rtorrent lookup the dns again and
again at certain intervals. Most dsl routers support the use of dyndns
or similar service to automatically update a dns entry and rtorrent
would see that change after a short while.
2) Add a unix domain socket (or tcp/ip) over which one can send
control messages to rtorrent. A nice example of this method is "xmms
-e new_song.mp3" to add a song to the xmms playlist. The control
messages would not have to be limited to just changing the IP but
could just as well add/remove torrents, change the bandwith throttle
or any other parameter. One could have a cron job that increases
bandwith during the night and decreases it during office hours with
this.
MfG
Goswin
PS: If you already do 1) then adding a hint about it in the manpage
would qualify for closing this wishlist.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-frosties-2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages rtorrent depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcurl3 7.13.2-2 Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.0-12 GCC support library
ii libidn11 0.5.13-1.0 GNU libidn library, implementation
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsigc++-2.0-0 2.0.10-1 type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-3 SSL shared libraries
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libtorrent5 0.7.4-1 a C++ BitTorrent library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime
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