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

[Sven Hartge]

Pierre Etchemaite <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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).

So this tries to solve the problem with eMules infinite queue, right?

BTW: I would suggest to rise the sources per file from 1 to 3, so you
don't get stuck with one source queueing you forever or being a slow
one.

S°

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