Updatable torrents
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:34 am
Howdy, I'm a random dev looking to get involved in qBittorrent development, in particular by implementing BEP 39 (updatable torrents, http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0039.html). This is something that the Internet Archive have been pushing for for years (full rationale here https://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewto ... =3&t=15151), and I believe it could be an incredibly useful feature that would open new doors for how torrents could be used. This is an idea that crops up every so often (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6920244 / https://gist.github.com/mait/8001883), and the general consensus is "Yes, this is a great idea!" and then nothing happens.
I've been poking around the code for a few days, and decided it would be good to come say hi and check if anyone else had been thinking about this, before diving in and coding.
Also, thanks to everyone for the effort you've all put in to make what I believe to be the best torrent client currently available!
I've been poking around the code for a few days, and decided it would be good to come say hi and check if anyone else had been thinking about this, before diving in and coding.
Also, thanks to everyone for the effort you've all put in to make what I believe to be the best torrent client currently available!