Yes, it does. I think it will work with any http server supporting range requests. You can have multiple webseed urls in the torrent as well, just pass --urlList flag multiple times.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 11:28 PM Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: > Does it also work with the OSDN mirror? > > tor. 1. okt. 2020 02.42 skrev Andrew Lutsenko <[email protected]>: > >> Hi all, >> >> I recall we had this discussion before about providing torrent files for >> release downloads to reduce the slowdown related to rush traffic. it didn't >> go far mainly because of resources needed to maintain separate torrent >> seeding infrastructure. >> >> I recently discovered that p2p torrent protocol supports webseeding, a >> feature that allows torrent clients to download chunks of files from >> standard http/ftp servers. It's implemented by most major torrent client >> software. This way the file is initially seeded by the http server but as >> more and more peers get the data the swarm takes over most of the traffic >> load. >> >> I tried it out and it works nicely with kicad's existing http download >> resources so there is no need to have separate infra for torrents! >> >> Would you be open to adding this? >> All that is needed is put .torrent files either on kicad website or even >> better, on the https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/ server next to the >> installers and add a link to them. >> >> I've generated torrents with webseed information for 5.1.7 here: >> https://forum.kicad.info/t/torrents-for-kicad-stable-version-5-1-7-win-and-osx/16609/14?u=qu1ck >> >> To do it yourself in the future is trivial, here is the bash script I >> used to create the files: >> >> for f in *.exe ; do >> create-torrent "$f" -o $f.torrent --urlList >> https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/windows/stable/ >> done >> for f in *.dmg ; do >> create-torrent "$f" -o $f.torrent --urlList >> https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/osx/stable/ >> done >> >> It depends on create-torrent utility that you can get by running "npm >> install -g create-torrent" >> >> I can also make a merge request on the kicad website if someone will >> upload the torrent files to the s3 server. >> >> Regards, >> Andrew >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >
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