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Idea
#7725: Downloads are Slow for Upgrades!Allow the option to use the BitTorrent prococol!
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Written by alexandreracine the 27 Apr 08 at 19:50.
Category: Installation.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
When Upgrading from one version to another, the download servers with apt-get don't really respond at the same speed of a normal day. A lot of people can't upgrade at all for the two first weeks (my case for 7.10).
The solution : Only for upgrades, users should have the option to use the BitTorrent protocol. Apt-get should take care of everything else and a little warning should be on the screen to explain to new BitTorrent users how this protocol works, so they should know that they will participate in the distribution until the machine reboots (or some other parameters).
One clic, one upgrade. This solution is scalable, would really speed things up for the users and would cost less in bandwith for every Ubuntu provider out there!
EDIT (2008-04-28) : This is NOT a duplicate of "idea #7390: Encourage users to use BitTorrent to download the Ubuntu release." The idea #7390 is tie with the webpage of ubuntu.com. This idea (#7725) is all about using BitTorrent with update-manager only for UPGRADES (600MB+-). Read please.
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thecheatah wrote on the 27 Apr 08 at 21:13
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That kinda hard to do as different people have diff programs installed. You would have to have a torrent for each package which is not a good thing with bittorrent. Or have a general list of packages which people might use or might not use. You will still get the same complaints.
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hunt.topher wrote on the 27 Apr 08 at 21:47
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Still, I'm betting Ubuntu could find a way to fashion some "master package" containing all the common packages to be updated, and the update manager could then individually download the rest of the packages. +1, to consider for Ibex
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Auzy wrote on the 28 Apr 08 at 02:01
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Actually, this is a dupe, and its VERY easy, and apparently there are programs like debtorrent that already do it..
But alas, this is really a dupe of http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2869/
+1 though
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metjay wrote on the 28 Apr 08 at 12:01
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huuuuuuge great idea, ubuntu can save bandwith and users will get their stuff faster
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Iamreck wrote on the 28 Apr 08 at 12:55
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If I were you I would just download the Live CD, burn it, and use it as a package repository.
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