Ask HN: Why aren't system libraries/packages distributed using torrents?

15 points

10 years ago

This looks like an ideal scenario for torrents, everyone has a copy of packages on the server so seeding will be through the roof, usually on the same network.

No more breaking the world because PyPi/NPM/apt mirror is down.

One tool could support every type of package repository, and then the main mirror will be 'constant' seeds that simply proxy the current locations e.g.:

https://pypi.python.org/whatever-4.3 => torrent://pypi.whatever-4.3

So that you can always get a copy.

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