Re: [Mldonkey-users] pango2002-12-13a: queue_new_sources

[Pierre Etchemaite]

Le Sat, 14 Dec 2002 01:48:48 +0100, Sven Hartge <address@hidden>
a écrit :

> 20021213a "queue_new_sources": drop most of the new sources for files
>           that reached max_sources_per_file
> 
> Question: Aren't new sources more likely to be contactable than the old
> ones already in the list? If a file reaches max_sources, then the old,
> unavailable sources should be removed and the new ones put into the
> list, IMHO.
> 
> What thoughts am I missing here?

That you're more likely to be queued for a while on the sources you
already have, so keeping them (if they're still contactable, and hopefully
have interesting chunks,... see also the good_sources_threshold) can be much
better than switching to sources that don't know you (if they're eMule peers
at least, and they're the majority nowadays).