[Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

Mon Dec 6 17:39:07 CET 2010

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>wrote:
+
+> 2010/12/6 Maurice Batey <maurice at bcs.org.uk>:
+> > Mandriva has recently been showing their .iso file downloadable only
+> > via BitTorrent.
+>
+> Not true. Including current version it was/is available via BitTorrent
+> AND FTP download from the mirrors.
+>
+> > Will Mageia's .iso file be  downloadable by non-BitTorrent protocols
+> > (e.g. FTP)?
+>
+> This is one of those very very premature questions and will be
+> discussed/decided when the time comes (which is far away). But without
+> punching on my crystal ball too hard I guess Alpha versions will come
+> as ftp downloads while I'd say distributiing the final with torrents
+> and ftp would be a good idea - takes the load off the servers.
+>
+> --
+> wobo
+>
+
+I was downloading the latest version of Mandriva via ftp so it is still
+available as wobo mentioned above.
+
+-- 
+Mit freundlichen Grüßen
+
+Greetings
+
+Daniel Kreuter
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