[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu torrent tracker failed?

[alan c]

alan c wrote:
> I cannot seem to get my ktorrent (2.1) to connect with the tracker. 
> This applies to ubuntu and kubuntu - various versions - 6.06, 6.10, 
> 7.04beta (note I am seeding not downloading these).
> 
> I am get the torrent file from
> 
> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-beta-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
> 
> It tries to connect to
> torrent.ubuntu.com (port 6969)
> and fails.
> 
> other torrents are no problem - sabayon, knopppix, theopencd, etc etc
> 
> If something is wrong at this end I cannot see what it is. The other 
> thought is that somehow the ubuntu torrent machine is broken?
> Has anyone got any other responses?

I have also now tried mirrors in other countries, however, since their 
torrent files also point back to
torrent.ubuntu.com (port 6969) then they also fail.

I conclude that probably not a single torrent for the ubuntu family 
(from Ubuntu links) is functional, and from what I have seen, has not 
been functional for a month or so.

We are fast approaching the release of 7.04, and hopefully there will 
be a lot of pressure on download mirrors, and torrents will be desirable.

What can be done to get the torrent tracker working, who is the best 
person to contact?
-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391