PicoTorrent 0.10 released

Dev tools

bittorrent client

SHOW HN2016

38points
26comments
#883of 2,264 in 2016
Top 40%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

1 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Execution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Commenter says it could replace qBittorrent on Windows

    From 1 comment
    • Never knew this existed. This could possibly replace qbittorrent for me on windows 10. Thanks for great work.
      tejinderss on HN

Objections

  • CMake build script conditional syntax is odd

    From 2 comments
    • Is the 64bit check in CMakeLists correct? I'm no CMake expert, but this looks odd: https://github.com/picotorrent/picotorrent/blob/develop/CMakeLists.txt#L24-L29 ``` # Get…
      cm3 on HN
    • I get the syntax now. This is a single condition, but it has to be repeated three times. Odd syntax.
      cm3 on HN

Requests

  • Add RSS support

    From 2 comments
    • I took a quick look to see if I could find this but does picotorrent have RSS support?
      newman314 on HN
    • 3 essential features: encryption, filter.dat support and RSS =)
      newman314 on HN
  • Add encryption and filter.dat support

    From 1 comment
    • 3 essential features: encryption, filter.dat support and RSS =)
      newman314 on HN
  • Make clear the client is Windows-only in the readme

    From 1 comment
    • Sorry about that, I posted too fast and after seeing the linux directory reformulated it. Basically I was suggesting to more prominently mention it's Windows-only and not just in…
      cm3 on HN

Questions

  • Is it Windows-only, and what is the UI on other platforms?

    From 1 comment
    • Is this Windows-only? If not, what's the UI outside Windows?
      cm3 on HN
  • What is the linux directory for?

    From 1 comment
    • There's a linux directory, what's that for?
      cm3 on HN

Alternatives named

  • qBittorrent

    From 1 comment
    • Never knew this existed. This could possibly replace qbittorrent for me on windows 10. Thanks for great work.
      tejinderss on HN
  • Hadouken (maker's server-oriented BitTorrent client)

    From 1 comment
    • Yes, and then you have Hadouken (https://github.com/hadouken/hadouken), another BitTorrent client of mine (though server oriented) :)
      viktorelofsson on HN

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