Ktorrent Status/Replacement

[Valorie Zimmerman]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
> 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

I hope we can continue to ship Ktorrent. It is currently in queue to
be "gardened" so some of the major bugs will be fixed, and a new
release. Unfortunately, that doesn't get it ported. But at that point
perhaps it will be in a state where a maintainer will step up.

I know this is a time of transition, and we might have to shuffle
things up a bit. Currently, Ktorrent is working just fine for me in
Plasma 5 on Utopic. I seed all the *buntu torrents.

Valorie