Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4398 mails)

[Winston Graeme <winstongraeme@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah ... the question is : 
Is a bittorrent only realease at first still
considered an on schedule realease  & then fully
synced servers can  serve the iso's later.

Is it rude to say that people have to use BT for the
first day or two ?

--- Alexander Grujic <ACeyx@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi List,
> 
> wouldn't it maybe help to at first only release the
> isos via bittorrent and 
> add the ftp servers a few days later?
> 
> That way all the "I need the new version NOW" people
> wouldn't rush the ftp 
> servers, bittorrent would serv up faster (those
> people usually have hight 
> bandwiths) and those people that have a bit more
> patience can download  
> conveniently from the ftp servers at a later point.
> 
> The mirrors would have a bit more time to sync and
> especially gwdg wouldn't 
> suffer so much from the first onslaught...
> 
> Just an Idea,
> 
> Alexander
> 
> 



		
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