russell.h
March 1st, 2007, 03:33 AM
I'm busy downloading the 64bit version of Edgy, and when I checked KTorrent I noticed that having downloaded 490mb I have only uploaded 1mb. Since I now have (relatively) unlimited bandwidth I like to get my share ratio on any given download up to at least 1, so normally I would just say "oh well, I'll just seed for a while".
The problem of course is that as soon as this download finishes (oops, it just did, so as soon as I post this) I'm formatting my HD and installing it. So I got to thinking, maybe the Ubuntu installer should include an option to make an .iso of the install CD on the hard drive, and automatically seed it in the background until some (time, transfer, whatever) limit is reached.
That got me thinking about distributing updates via torrent as well. Such a thing should definitely only be an alternative to the repos as if I were running a server I just don't think I would be comfortable downloading "security" updates via p2p regardless of what kind of checksums it was running.
Has this ever been discussed? It seems like all of the necessary software is already included (most something to rip a .iso and some sort of torrent client, although a different/custom client might be in order), so its really mostly just a matter of building the option into the installer. (I say "just" with full knowledge of the fact that such a thing is way over my head)
The problem of course is that as soon as this download finishes (oops, it just did, so as soon as I post this) I'm formatting my HD and installing it. So I got to thinking, maybe the Ubuntu installer should include an option to make an .iso of the install CD on the hard drive, and automatically seed it in the background until some (time, transfer, whatever) limit is reached.
That got me thinking about distributing updates via torrent as well. Such a thing should definitely only be an alternative to the repos as if I were running a server I just don't think I would be comfortable downloading "security" updates via p2p regardless of what kind of checksums it was running.
Has this ever been discussed? It seems like all of the necessary software is already included (most something to rip a .iso and some sort of torrent client, although a different/custom client might be in order), so its really mostly just a matter of building the option into the installer. (I say "just" with full knowledge of the fact that such a thing is way over my head)