Ktorrent Status/Replacement
Scott Kitterman
ubuntu at kitterman.com
Mon Nov 17 13:37:54 UTC 2014
Ktorrent is the current default torrent client that we provide in Kubuntu.
Now that we've transitioned to Plasma 5, it's no longer buildable/installable
in "Vivid".
The upstream web site is down: http://ktorrent.org/
I looked in KDE git and there's no sign of a KF5/Plasma 5 port:
https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/ktorrent/repository
My conclusion is that ktorrent isn't an option for Vivid, so we either need to
stop shipping a torrent client or pick a different one. Since torrent is one
of the major distribution mechanisms for Kubuntu images, I think we should
continue to recommend a torrent client in Kubuntu Desktop.
I took a look at the currently packaged alternatives and qbittorrent seems
like the obvious choice. It's Qt based and is actively maintained in Debian
and upstream.
Anyone have other suggestions?
I'll probably go ahead and make this change shortly. We can always switch to
something else if we conclude there's a better option. Ktorrent being seeded
is one of the reasons the LiveFS builds are currently failing.
Scott K
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