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If 2 more users recommend this, it will be done.

by kasumis_ 10y ago

pizza 10y ago
do this
- kasumis_ 10y ago
  It will be done soon, thanks for voting.
arthurcolle 10y ago
What's the intent/desire for you to be on the delivering end of serving .torrent files?
- kasumis_ 10y ago
  There is no intent, it's just there as many people still prefer torrent file. Though we have magnet links, so security focused users can download without us knowing nothing.
- Fnoord 10y ago
  Tangible/easy mirroring of the torrent database? Then again, DHT wouldn't go down.
leetbulb 10y ago
i recommend this
repomies691 10y ago
ralph plz
deafcalculus 10y ago
Vote to serve only magnet links.
gigatexal 10y ago
Yes magnet only plz
kowdermeister 10y ago
I never download torrent files, just look for the magnet link. Same feature, why bother downloading?
- lsmod 10y ago
  It's not the same.you'll be missing some of the trackers.
  - asperous 10y ago
    Magnet URLs can and usually do include all of the trackers. http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0009.html#magnet-uri-format http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0009.html#magnet-uri-form... That being said DHT and PEX (BEP 5 and BEP 11) is good enough that you don't need them.
    - anacrolix 10y ago
      That's not entirely true. DHT is generally the most effective, but PEX and trackers help a lot when there aren't many seeds, or there's a lot of noise on the DHT.
- EE84M3i 10y ago
  Magnet links are perfectly fine for popular content, but because of the dependency on BEP 009 (Metadata exchange) for very long tail content it's often better to get the torrent file directly. For example, to get information about torrents that are on life support (e.g. have a couple seeds that show up for a few minutes a day), having the torrent file downloadable is invaluable, as it includes info like the size and the file names, etc. In many cases it's even possible to bring a torrent /back to life/ if you have the torrent file and got the content that was in it out of band. If you just have the magnet link you cannot do any of this.
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EE84M3i 10y ago
Please don't remove downloads of .torrent files. If you don't have this it's impossible to know what files are in the torrent (or even how big they are!) without connecting to the swarm and relying on BEP 009 (Metadata exchange). I use this all the time for downloading very long tail content, and the move to have indexing sites be magnet-only is very frustrating.

If 2 more users recommend this, it will be done.

pizza 10y ago

do this

kasumis_ 10y ago
It will be done soon, thanks for voting.

arthurcolle 10y ago

What's the intent/desire for you to be on the delivering end of serving .torrent files?

kasumis_ 10y ago
There is no intent, it's just there as many people still prefer torrent file. Though we have magnet links, so security focused users can download without us knowing nothing.
Fnoord 10y ago
Tangible/easy mirroring of the torrent database? Then again, DHT wouldn't go down.

leetbulb 10y ago

i recommend this

repomies691 10y ago

ralph plz

deafcalculus 10y ago

Vote to serve only magnet links.

gigatexal 10y ago

Yes magnet only plz

kowdermeister 10y ago

I never download torrent files, just look for the magnet link. Same feature, why bother downloading?

lsmod 10y ago
It's not the same.you'll be missing some of the trackers.
- asperous 10y ago
  Magnet URLs can and usually do include all of the trackers. http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0009.html#magnet-uri-format http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0009.html#magnet-uri-form... That being said DHT and PEX (BEP 5 and BEP 11) is good enough that you don't need them.
  - anacrolix 10y ago
    That's not entirely true. DHT is generally the most effective, but PEX and trackers help a lot when there aren't many seeds, or there's a lot of noise on the DHT.
EE84M3i 10y ago
Magnet links are perfectly fine for popular content, but because of the dependency on BEP 009 (Metadata exchange) for very long tail content it's often better to get the torrent file directly. For example, to get information about torrents that are on life support (e.g. have a couple seeds that show up for a few minutes a day), having the torrent file downloadable is invaluable, as it includes info like the size and the file names, etc. In many cases it's even possible to bring a torrent /back to life/ if you have the torrent file and got the content that was in it out of band. If you just have the magnet link you cannot do any of this.

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EE84M3i 10y ago

Please don't remove downloads of .torrent files. If you don't have this it's impossible to know what files are in the torrent (or even how big they are!) without connecting to the swarm and relying on BEP 009 (Metadata exchange). I use this all the time for downloading very long tail content, and the move to have indexing sites be magnet-only is very frustrating.