GNOME bittorrent downloader

[Jack Johnson]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:04:41 -0800, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at canonical.com> wrote:
> Some time ago (prior to the Warty release), a bounty was posted in the wiki
> for the integration of a GNOMEish facility to perform bittorrent transfers.
> 
> Note that Ubuntu now has an official bounty process, documented here:
> 
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/bounties/
> 
> which should be read by anyone considering working on such a project.
> 
> Having received some initial contacts from interested parties, I'm taking
> the next step in the procedure, to open a discussion to establish the exact
> specification for the project.
> 
> In this case, it seems that at least one project exists which may provide a
> substantial piece of what we need (gnome-btdownloader).  However, it is not
> a requirement that the project be based on this application: the
> exact details of the implementation are left to the discretion of the
> implementor, within the parameters established by the project specification
> and the quality standards of Ubuntu.
> 
> The specification is expected to include at least the following criteria.  A
> satisfactory submission will:
> 
> - Be written in Python
> 
> - Be integrated with the MIME system such that (for example) selecting a
>   torrent file in Firefox or Nautilus will initiate a download
> 
> - Use standard GNOME interface components
> 
> - Be HIG v2.0 compliant
> 
> I'd like some input from the desktop team and the community on further
> requirements for this application, such that it will integrate nicely with
> the existing Ubuntu desktop.  These additional ideas will be incorporated
> into the final specification.
> 
> Once the specification has been established, interested parties will be
> welcome to submit proposals, and we can continue with the process.
> 
> --
>  - mdz
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Along those lines, it would be interesting to bittorrent-enable
apt-get, if it doesn't exist already.

-Jack