I propose to retire bittorrent (the original python client) for the reasons outlined below. If anyone's interested in taking it over instead, please apply on the package database and I'll transfer ownership. Think carefully before you act though! Dead Upstream: ============== Well, not actually dead but upstream has gone closed-source as of version 6 so it's effectively dead. Old Version: ============ Upstream's last open-source release (code dump really) was 5.3 (http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/), which was little more than a GPL re-licensing of 5.2.2 and a dump of upstream VCS content. Fedora has been stuck with 4.4.0 though with its PyGTK GUI because the "new" GUI in version 5 was a rewrite with wxGTK but it didn't work with wxGTK > 2.6 (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/223623) and so was unusable in Fedora. I believe Mandriva "solved" this problem by having transmission obsolete bittorrent-gui and just shipping the console version. Open Bugs: ========== http://bugzilla.redhat.com/189072 (bittorrent doesn't die gracefully) http://bugzilla.redhat.com/189295 (bittorrent is not utf-8 aware) http://bugzilla.redhat.com/237254 (translations not working since python 2.4) http://bugzilla.redhat.com/246879 (LSB-ize initscripts) http://bugzilla.redhat.com/489810 (bittorrent stops seeding files, even when "seed indefinitely" is checked) http://bugzilla.redhat.com/630569 (traceback due to argument parsing error) http://bugzilla.redhat.com/678710 (crash due to not running via provided initscript) http://bugzilla.redhat.com/707637 (RFE upgrade to 5.x) Some of these are probably quite easily fixed by someone that knows their python and is willing to dive into the code but they would have to be prepared to the de-facto new upstream maintainer if they wanted to take it on. Doesn't Obey Protocol: ====================== The bittorrent client is actually blocked on at least one major site due to violating the protocol and hammering the tracker with announcements: http://wiki.dimeadozen.org/index.php/Mainline -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
