[logicloop@gmail.com: Re: latest version, ongoing code maintenance]
Jonathan Dugan
If the author is MIA, I'm supporting of forking, but I'll make an
attempt to find him first. At a minimum we're looking at getting
things working on opensolaris, and possibly adding PEX.
Regards,
Jonathan
----- Forwarded message from Cedric Tefft <logicloop at gmail.com> -----
Subject: Re: latest version, ongoing code maintenance
From: Cedric Tefft <logi...@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Dugan <jonathan at clearbits.net>,
"btpd general discussion." <btpd-users at murmeldjur.se>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:05:01 -0700
It appears to me as if Richard (the author/maintainer) is MIA. He hasn't
posted to the mailing list in over a year and (in my experience) no longer
responds to email. In order to move forward, I think the btpd community
needs to consider forking/moving the project to some place like SourceForge.
- Cedric
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Jonathan Dugan <jonathan at clearbits.net>wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We're an evaluation of btpd as a seeding solution for content on
> ClearBits.net - Currently the master seed is rtorrent/libtorrent, and
> we're outgrowing it's capacity - we're running up over 39K files in
> around 1200 torrents now in one instance. We're looking at both btpd
> and Hekate as possible starting points for a long-term scalable
> solution for seeding many torrents.
>
> It looks like the btpd 0.15 release was from Feb 2009.
>
> he git repo @ http://www.murmeldjur.se/btpd/btpd.git
> has some updates in these files:
> configure.ac
> evloop/evloop.h
> evloop/kqueue.c
>
>
> but the git version does not include configure or install-sh tools.
>
> What's the latest status of code maintenance or ongoing support? Is
> anyone else using btpd in production systems? Are you using the git
> version or the 0.15 version?
>
> Specific to the changes in git, without digging in deep into the code
> and figuring out what rdidx and wridx are... should we start with the
> 0.15 release or the git code?
>
> We're willing to do some development and coding on this to get things
> working or maintain code over time. Looking to see who else is on the
> list, and work with other development done and ongoing.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Jonathan
>
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>
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Florian Stinglmayr
> Does anyone have contact or information on the author, Richard?
>
> If the author is MIA, I'm supporting of forking, but I'll make an
Richard ain't easy to find. The whois of the domain doesn't give
anything helpful either. And the only think I could come up with is
his linkedin profile (if it's really him):
http://se.linkedin.com/pub/richard-nyberg/4/269/862
I personally have no clue what linkedin actuall is, so I am in the
dark how helpful this information really is.
Regards,
Florian
Richard Nyberg
Unfortunately I haven't been able to continue hacking on btpd as
I'd would have liked and requests and questions about btpd became
increasingly stressful to me, so I went MIA (yeah I know it's not
the best strategy). I'd like to apologize to all whose emails I
haven't answered. Sorry.
In the btpd project's current form, i.e. me and only me, it's dead.
It'd be very happy if the project could continue somewhere else under
someone else's (or more) guidance though. I may even contribute code. :)
If the project continues somewhere, I will of course update my site
with info about that. I will update the site with the current project's
death in a few days.
Thanks everyone who cared about btpd!
Regards,
-Richard
Samuel Baldwin
> In the btpd project's current form, i.e. me and only me, it's dead.
> It'd be very happy if the project could continue somewhere else under
> someone else's (or more) guidance though. I may even contribute code. :)
>
> If the project continues somewhere, I will of course update my site
> with info about that. I will update the site with the current project's
> death in a few days.
Why not give access to the site and repository to someone who
volunteers to take control, so as not to confuse users who might not
be keeping up with the mailing list? Less migration if you simply swap
out the leadership. I personally would be willing to take over but I'm
sure there are more interested or dedicated people who would want to
step up. Incase it's a control issue, I do speak some Swedish,
although I doubt that matters.
--
Samuel Baldwin - logik.li