Comment 73 for bug 339772

Hi everyone. Like Jari, I submitted a Google Summer of Code proposal for
implementing BitTorrent in Mozilla. My proposal was accepted, so I could only
assume that Jari unfortunately didn't get the job.

I have just finish trawling through various BitTorrent blog posts and bug
reports on bugzilla collecting whatever information and issues that were
discussed. It seems everything that's worth mentioning has already been
mentioned. Short of looking at actual Mozilla code, here are my thoughts on
implementing this:

-Initially, BT should only be supported in the download manager. Basically what
gerv said in comment #1.
-At this stage, I think an extension would be best. Eventually, I'd like to see
it merge into trunk.
-There will most likely be changes needed to necko, like to support throttling
and packet prioritising. Of course, these are optional, but if they're not done,
then we will have an inferior client. There might be other API changes needed as
well.
-The download manager UI really needs an overhaul.
-Downloads should survive between browser sessions...

With regards to download manager, throttling and downloads between sessions,
they seem to be on the agenda for Firefox 2.0. I think it would be good if there
is some sort of coordination with this and that effort.

So those are my first thoughts on implementing at the moment... too dizzy after
reading so much :)