[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu torrent tracker failed?

[twager]

alan c wrote:
> 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?
>   
Just tried this here with k3b and it works ok..



Regards
   Ted Wager
      High Peak UK
        Using Ubuntu Linux