Re: Just a question...........
> On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 14:43 -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> > Seems like this could be avoided if the existing repos simply seeded
> > every file that they host. Then you could always get the files via
> > BitTorrent even if no other regular users were seeding. Unless I'm
> > missing something, torrent download speed could not be any slower than
> > direct download speed,
PS:
> with the exception of the extra time it takes
> > to contact the tracker and locate peers.
How exactly does a torrent work? I guess you assume that all leechers
would get the same % of download from the original server + some % from
other seeders, but does a torrent client know something like an original
server ;)? This must be managed in some way and might slow it down.
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