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On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 06:44:06PM -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> So now stuff on BitTorrent for the 2007.0 release.
>
> There's two portions to this email, firstly stuff distributed by
> BitTorrent only, and then everything else.
>
> We have 94 torrents in total, 2 of which are only media that is only
> being distributed by BitTorrent.
>
> We needs seeds for all of it, but the bittorrent-only stuff more than
> the rest. I have one sponsor offering 50Mbit * 2 weeks for seeding
> everything so far.
>
> In terms of basic structure, there is a .torrent for every .tar.bz2 or
> .iso in releases or experimental, containing the core file, plus it's
> DIGESTS, signature, and CONTENTS files.
>
> BitTorrent-only:
> 3.7G livedvd-amd64-installer-2007.0/
> 3.8G livedvd-i686-installer-2007.0/
>
> If you're interested in direct BitTorrent seeding (esp. for the above
> two, even if you aren't seeding anything else), please give me a shout
> so that I can arrange to get them to you.
I've recently received permission from the network administration of my
mirror to run a BitTorrent client. Where can I get these torrents
(other than downloading them off the web one-by-one)?
--
Philip
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