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Is there such thing as "versioned" torrents? Assuming you have the right PGP key you could mix bittorrent and packaging systems to get an update-able distributi
by zapataband2 1y ago
Is there such thing as "versioned" torrents? Assuming you have the right PGP key you could mix bittorrent and packaging systems to get an update-able distribution
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoA Torrent would probably suffocate under the small file distribution. I’m not sure how the romset torrents work but I thought they were versioned. But torrent is probably the wrong tech. I’m sure there would be many players willing to host a few TB or more each, which could be fronted via something so it’s transparent to the user. But a better option might be a subscription model, anything else will be slammed by crawlers.
- pabs3 1y agoCouple of BEPs related to updating torrents: https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0039.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0039.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0046.html
- throawayonthe 1y agotrere is the bittorrent v2 standard: https://blog.libtorrent.org/2020/09/bittorrent-v2/ https://blog.libtorrent.org/2020/09/bittorrent-v2/ but unfortunately most foss torrent clients do not support it, partly because at release libtorrent 2.0.x had poor io performance in some cases so torrent clients reverted to the 1.2.x branch
- pronoiac 1y agoI think SciOp is doing something in that area, with a catalog site and webseeds. https://sciop.net/ https://sciop.net/