Transmission for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/450 FastTrack timeout 07/22/2008]

[James Carlson]

Elaine Xiong writes:
> James Carlson ??:
> > Not "can" but "would."  What's the usage case that involves an
> > ordinary user invoking these things?
> >
> >   
> These programs facilitate the ordinary user to manage all the torrents 
> in more flexible mode. The strong usage case is 
> Transmission-daemon+Clutch that allows the user easily controls 
> Transmission-daemon through a Web GUI without running Transmission(gtk 
> GUI).

That doesn't sound to me like a user executing transmission-daemon
from the command line, which is the design intent of /usr/bin.  It
sounds more like a web server that invokes this tool as a utility
program; likely out of /usr/lib or even some cgi-bin directory.
That's rather different, even if the user experience is that he
invokes it "directly" through a web GUI.

> Another usage case is the example in the manpage,

What man page?  None seems to be in the case directory.

> It can list all the torrent tasks on jade using proxy command. In brief 
> the ordinary user would like to choose the favorite front-end to connect 
> with Transmission-daemon which means less resources.

It's unclear that I'm getting my questions across, and the case seems
to lack archived reference documentation, so I'll call it a day.  If
you (and the LSARC members) feel that this is the right way to
integrate this feature, then drive on.

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