From: Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:50:41 +0000 (+0530) Subject: Nuke the gitter.im link, Nix insructions etc X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/about.html?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f46f0151ebac1cd0a521c1dc6ba5e0ec0beec9f6;p=functorrent.git Nuke the gitter.im link, Nix insructions etc --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 792336a..eb8f431 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,34 +2,15 @@ I started writing a BitTorrent client because it seemed like fun and I am learning Haskell and wanted to see if I can write something real with Haskell than just heat the room. It is turning out to be a lot of fun. -[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/vu3rdd/functorrent](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/vu3rdd/functorrent?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) - -## Building - -Functorrent can be build with [Stack](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack) or -[Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/). I personally test the build with Debian GNU/Linux and -OS X using FP Complete's stack. - -### Stack - -Sandboxes give you per project independent containers, just like Python's -virtualenv. +### Building +You need to install [Stack](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack), either via +the OS package manager or via `cabal` (`cabal install stack`). $ git clone https://github.com/vu3rdd/functorrent && cd functorrent $ cabal install stack # or install stack by other means $ stack build # binaries in $(pwd)/.stack-work/install/x86..../lts-2.16/7.8.4/bin/functorrent -### Building with Nix - -``$ nix-shell``` at the root of the source code repo should drop you into a -shell which has all the package dependencies installed. - - - $ nix-shell --pure - [...] - [nix-shell] $ cabal configure && cabal build - ### Usage If you invoke functorrent without any options, it expects the contents of a torrent file @@ -43,7 +24,7 @@ Or one can explicitly specify the torrent file as input. $ functorrent ubuntu-14.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent [...] -## Goals +### Goals - [Optimized for Fun](http://www.slideshare.net/autang/ofun-optimizing-for-fun). (should have called it "funtorrent") @@ -55,15 +36,15 @@ Or one can explicitly specify the torrent file as input. - doctest and quickcheck tests. - Follow Haskell Style Guide - https://github.com/tibbe/haskell-style-guide/blob/master/haskell-style.md -## Current Status +### Current Status - most of the peer wire protocol works. - talks only to one peer at the moment. Single threaded. - can download files. But needs every piece to be served by the peer it connected to. -## WARNING +### WARNING -- this client is not usable as your daily BitTorrent client yet. You may get corrupted files and end up wasting a lot of bandwidth. So, until we achieve some robustness, consider this as a programmer-friendly project to learn about a bunch of stuff. +This client is not usable as your daily BitTorrent client yet. You may get corrupted files and end up wasting a lot of bandwidth. So, until we achieve some robustness, consider this as a programmer-friendly project to learn about a bunch of stuff. ## TODO