On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Donald Whytock <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Hagar Delest > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've downloaded OOo several times in the past through torrents because it >> was much faster. And I noticed that my file was also shared at a not >> negligible rate. >> >> I think this is something worth implementing. I'm not from a generation >> that is used to download but I think that many (young) users look at this >> way first. >> >> Hagar >> >> >> > Objet : Re: Microsoft Censors OpenOffice Download Links >> > >> >> > 2013/8/16 : >> > > Reported on the forum: >> > > >> http://torrentfreak.com/microsoft-censors-openoffice-download-links-130814/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter >> > > >> > >> > The URLs mentioned in the article look scary to me, with version that >> > never really existed, like "3.3.2". As you know there are several >> > websites that claim to offer OpenOffice downloads but then bundle it >> > with adware. I wouldn't assume that torrents are any safer. >> > >> > It would be worth asking if anyone really needs AOO torrents and >> > whether we should look at providing official ones. >> > >> > -Rob >> > >> > > Hagar >> > > We discussed this last year in a thread titled "BItTorrents -- do we care?" > last posted to on 16 October 2012. General consensus seemed to be > favorable. What's Infra's take on bittorrent? >
Not to speak for them, but I suspect they would point out the fact that we there are over 100 Apache projects, and they all seem to do fine with distribution via the mirrors. Personally, I'd wonder where this rates with us in terms of priority. Compare to, say, forum stability improvements, code signing for our installers, and further buildbot coverage, where do torrents rate? -Rob > Don --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
