diff --git a/doc/todo/A_really_simple_way_to_pair_devices_like_bittorent_sync/comment_6_56e53803fdede895cba717e6b6e9a1bb._comment b/doc/todo/A_really_simple_way_to_pair_devices_like_bittorent_sync/comment_6_56e53803fdede895cba717e6b6e9a1bb._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..41e1bda786 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/A_really_simple_way_to_pair_devices_like_bittorent_sync/comment_6_56e53803fdede895cba717e6b6e9a1bb._comment @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmkBwMWvNKZZCge_YqobCSILPMeK6xbFw8" + nickname="develop" + subject="comment 6" + date="2013-08-25T08:39:15Z" + content=""" +I just did a cursory search on haskell torrent support. And the required pieces do seem to be be there. +https://github.com/jlouis/combinatorrent or https://github.com/astro/haskell-torrent for downloading. i'm not sure if either supports DHT, but that exists here https://github.com/aninhumer/haskell-dht + +That said, i think implementing this would require some quite major overhauls in the system. It probably won't be trivial to implement. + +Note: This is for straight \"bittorrent\", not for \"bittorrent sync\". Bittorrent sync is closed source, and while an API might come at some point, it doesn't currently exist. + +I do seem to recall joeyh talking about supporting further transport protocols(perhaps through hooks). So I'm adding the above links for future reference if this does get implemented. + +But IMHO, this doesn't seem like a trivial feature to add. It might have to take some refactoring of some core git-annex parts. Certain things have to be changed quite a bit. + +Currently a git-annex client doesn't really require anything(except rsync) to sync from a remote. With bittorrent with DHT support to share between clients, suddenly git-annex will have to maintain a constant bittorrent thread(maybe multiple) that constantly seeds all the files in the git-annex repository, while waiting for a potential remote to request data. + +So even if this happens, it is probably gonna take some time. + +Just my 2cents. +"""]]