2:37 p.m.
Just a fancy, but cool idea: What about adding native BitTorrent
support to NetSurf? BitTorrent has a C implementation at
http://libbt.sf.net/ and it depends on OpenSSL and LibCURL which are
both already present in NetSurf anyway.
Question to users: Is there demand for it?
Question to developers: Would it be easy to add support for BitTorrent
based on the MIME type or file name ending, assuming libBT handles the
rest?
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Stefan Bellon
3:09 p.m.
In message <4caa775d71sbellon(a)sbellon.de>
Stefan Bellon <sbellon(a)sbellon.de> wrote:
Just a fancy, but cool idea: What about adding native BitTorrent
support to NetSurf? BitTorrent has a C implementation at
http://libbt.sf.net/ and it depends on OpenSSL and LibCURL which are
both already present in NetSurf anyway.
Also e2fsprogs-devel is needed (cfr project readme file) but I don't
know to what extend.
Question to users: Is there demand for it?
Question to developers: Would it be easy to add support for BitTorrent
based on the MIME type or file name ending, assuming libBT handles the
rest?
I think so but I hardly claim I fully understand all its internals. But I
fail to see this being part of a browser. Why not having a btget standalone
application ? I don't know if BT has an URI associated with it, but if so,
it can made that btget gets run when that URI gets requested by any
browser/mail application, or if it has a Mime/filetype/file extension
associated, you can make it runnable.
John.
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4:11 p.m.
New subject: [Netsurf-develop] Re: BitTorrent support in NetSurf?
John Tytgat wrote:
In message <4caa775d71sbellon(a)sbellon.de>
Stefan Bellon <sbellon(a)sbellon.de> wrote:
> Just a fancy, but cool idea: What about adding native
BitTorrent
> support to NetSurf? BitTorrent has a C implementation at
> http://libbt.sf.net/ and it depends on OpenSSL and LibCURL which are
> both already present in NetSurf anyway.
Also e2fsprogs-devel is needed (cfr project readme file) but I
don't
know to what extend.
I'm not sure why this is needed.
> Question to users: Is there demand for it?
>
> Question to developers: Would it be easy to add support for
> BitTorrent based on the MIME type or file name ending, assuming
> libBT handles the rest?
I think so but I hardly claim I fully understand all its internals.
But I fail to see this being part of a browser. Why not having a
btget standalone application ?
Just because of one reason: libBT itself is only around 90 KB in size
(RISC OS ALF file). As a plug-in (or a stand-alone tool) it would need
OpenSSL and libCURL and thus an additional 2 MB. As those libraries are
already present in NetSurf, those extra 90 KB won't be much, but
BitTorrent downloads can be downloaded transparently.
I don't know if BT has an URI associated with it, but if so, it
can
made that btget gets run when that URI gets requested by any
browser/mail application, or if it has a Mime/filetype/file extension
associated, you can make it runnable.
Yes, I know that. And this would normally be the way to go. But see
above.
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Stefan Bellon
4:27 p.m.
In message <4caa775d71sbellon(a)sbellon.de>
Stefan Bellon <sbellon(a)sbellon.de> wrote:
Just a fancy, but cool idea: What about adding native BitTorrent
support to NetSurf? BitTorrent has a C implementation at
http://libbt.sf.net/ and it depends on OpenSSL and LibCURL which are
both already present in NetSurf anyway.
Question to users: Is there demand for it?
Tell us what it is?
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Stuart Halliday
Webmaster of the Acorn Cybervillage
http://acorn.cybervillage.co.uk/
4:06 p.m.
New subject: [Netsurf-develop] Re: BitTorrent support in NetSurf?
Stuart Halliday wrote:
In message <4caa775d71sbellon(a)sbellon.de>
Stefan Bellon <sbellon(a)sbellon.de> wrote:
> Just a fancy, but cool idea: What about adding native
BitTorrent
> support to NetSurf? BitTorrent has a C implementation at
> http://libbt.sf.net/ and it depends on OpenSSL and LibCURL which are
> both already present in NetSurf anyway.
> Question to users: Is there demand for it?
Tell us what it is?
Care to type "BitTorrent" into Google and follow the first link?
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Stefan Bellon
4:45 p.m.
In message <4caa775d71sbellon(a)sbellon.de>
Stefan Bellon <sbellon(a)sbellon.de> did write:
Just a fancy, but cool idea: What about adding native BitTorrent
support to NetSurf? BitTorrent has a C implementation at
http://libbt.sf.net/ and it depends on OpenSSL and LibCURL which are
both already present in NetSurf anyway.
Question to users: Is there demand for it?
I for one would like to see it, either as part of Netsurf or as a
stand alone app.
Premise agreed - it /is/ a cool idea ;)
TTFN,
Ed
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