Bug 25308 – new edonkey2000 ebuild

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Davide Cavalca 2003-07-26 02:44:55 UTC]

I've just written an edonkey2000 (http://www.edonkey2000.com) ebuild. It's my
first ebuild, and it has been copied from overnet ebuild. It works for me. It's
base on donkey-0.49.5 version.
edonkey2000 is a well-know filesharing program. Last versions (called "hybrids")
are able to use both the server-based edonkey network and the new serverless
overnet network.
I suggest net-p2p/donkey.

Reproducible: Always
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[Comment 1 Davide Cavalca 2003-07-26 02:46:02 UTC]

Created attachment 15028 [details]
Here's my ebuild.

[Comment 2 Heinrich Wendel (RETIRED) 2003-07-26 04:15:28 UTC]

thx, but since overnet and edonkey are the same now -> invalid ;)

[Comment 3 Davide Cavalca 2003-07-26 05:08:23 UTC]

Are you sure? AFAIK, Overnet can connect only to its own network, while edonkey can also use (much more wide spread) edonkey servers. Consider also that many tools are designed to work with edonkey only, and lack overnet support (i'm thinking, e.g., at webdonkey). IMHO, they are two separate programs, with two separate aims.

[Comment 4 Julien Allanos (RETIRED) 2003-11-17 09:58:56 UTC]

i can confirm this, please reopen.

[Comment 5 Julien Allanos (RETIRED) 2003-11-17 10:31:10 UTC]

Created attachment 20866 [details]
edonkey2000 0.51.2

new ebuild for edonkey2000 0.51.2

[Comment 6 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-11-21 07:14:09 UTC]

wrangler

[Comment 7 Heinrich Wendel (RETIRED) 2003-12-13 08:13:58 UTC]

From: http://forum.overnet.com/viewtopic.php?t=52565

Q: Overnet, eDonkey, Hybrid, eMule? What's the difference? 

A: It all started with eDonkey2000 a long time ago. The developers of eDonkey2000 realized that server based p2ps would eventually hit a major wall when attempting to scale to larger number of clients, so they decided to make a version that didn't need a server to connect to other users. This became Overnet. 

In the meantime eMule was born. A client based on (some say stolen from) eDonkey2000. eMule became an open source project where everybody could make its on version of a client connecting to the eDonkey network. 

Overnet took some time to get a reasonable user base, although it's serverless concept and improved protocol is technically superior to clients needing a server. 

And because a p2p network depends largely on the amount of users, the Hybrid came to the front. This hybrid client is still called eDonkey and it can use a server to connect but also connects to the Overnet network. The best off both worlds. 

So if you download your client from the mainpage you get the hybrid eDonkey. If you are interested in the Overnet concept, check www.overnet.com.