On 06/15/2011 01:37 PM, Jon Ciesla wrote: > >> 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 >> > > My only concern is that there be a command-line replacement available. I > currently fetch my ISOs with bittorrent-curses and screen. Can someone > with experience with any of them offer a recommendation? Python, C and > C++ clients especially. I've searched, but there are many out there. I personally use rtorrent. Paul. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
