[Wikireader] updates not working?

[Doug Jones]

On 07/06/2012 12:00 AM, Doug Jones wrote:
> On 07/05/2012 03:28 PM, Doug Jones wrote:
>> On 07/05/2012 02:06 PM, Alexander Lehner wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, Doug Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> I see there are some new Wikireader updates available:
>>>>
>>>> http://dev.thewikireader.com/language-packs/
>>>>
>>>> But I can't download them -- the tracker times out.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody else having this problem?
>>>
>>> yes, me. Tried it with the german depedia and using azureus/vuze as
>>> torrent client.
>>> There seem to be no sources.
>>>
>>> A.
>>
>>
>> Looks like Openmoko is using the Amazon cloud to host these files. The
>> tracker is at http://tracker.amazonaws.com:6969/announce and it times
>> out when you talk to it.
>>
>> Developers have accessed these files recently; Siebrand Mazeland and
>> Christopher Hall have done github updates within the last couple weeks,
>> and there's a base files update on the download page dated 20 June. So
>> this must be a recent problem.
>
>
> Workaround, for anybody who wants updates and is in a hurry:
>
> Copy the desired link URL from that page, paste it into the address bar
> of your browser, then strip the "?torrent" from the end, and hit Enter.
> This will download the entire file (up to 1GB!) instead of just the
> corresponding .torrent file.
>
> (Yes, the files are all there... it's just the bittorrent tracker that
> is down.)
>
> While you're there, also download the .torrent file. Then when both
> downloads are complete, you can use your bittorrent client to verify
> that the big file you downloaded is correct.
>


I can see the tracker now.  Thanks to whoever fixed it.

I am seeding a bunch of these files now.