Todd Denniston wrote:
John Summerfield wrote, On 10/25/2007 04:08 AM:
> Todd Denniston wrote:
>> Jesse Keating wrote, On 10/24/2007 02:09 PM:
>>> I've put up a set of rawhide DVD images. If it had signed copies of
>>> the packages it could be considered RC1, but since it doesn't, it
>>> isn't. However as many eyes on it as possible would be great. We
>>> don't get that many opportunities to test DVD install methods and such.
>>>
>>> As always, images are available from
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org
Too bad you can't tell torrent "hit this local torrent 'proxy/cache' and
if it has a copy get my data (including others to connect from/to) from
there".
Note: --tracker_proxy only connects you to an http proxy so you can make
the initial connection, not the download||upload connections. there
exists no torrent_proxy.
Yes it is sad to only be a leach, but if we could operate our download
that way at all then we might be able to contribute in other ways.
I have a
solution for this which is a python script with the name:
archive-teleconstructor.py
For the orginal message see:
Basically, it uses some info on the structure of an iso to insert bits
of the iso that are already available locally {eg from an earlier test
release, or a yum keepcache=1}. Depending on the sameness of the current
iso to the previous downloaded material, you might save 50 - 80% of
downloads or that 3GB iso.
The following list archive has the gory details - it is all command line
stuff, and works with a bit torrent client that can analyze and verify
it's own pre-downloaded parts. I have only used it with azureus.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2007-June/msg00018.html
Would someone who already has the complete download be able to run:
iso-info -q -l -i /home/old/8/rawhide-dvd-20071024-i386.iso
rawhide-dvd-20071024-i386.iso-info.txt ,
and then compress and
attach that file to a reply to this email ?
The way to get the iso-info currently is for someone who already has the
wanted iso to run iso-info on it. {its usually on 200kB - the ~
equivalent with jigdo is 200MB }
I would like to confirm that archive-teleconstructor.py still achieves
the the bittorrent download saving. I was able to get F7 this way,
downloading around 40% of the actual size. I left that torrent running
for a month {outbound around 120GB or 40 copies of the dvd iso}. It is
azureus's check feature that guarantees the bits are complete.
Questions, comments please email me.
DaveT.