[Mldonkey-users] latest CVS's server-hop like crazy

[Brett Dikeman]

Anyone else notice that 2.01+ seems to never be content with its 
servers? I've seen this in 2.01-3, and again with the version I just 
pulled a few minutes ago and compiled.

I've found it almost completely ignoring my "max connected servers" 
limit of 3- it's connected to three right now, and hunting for a 
fourth.  As I type, it just found a 4th, and is now searching for a 
-fifth-.  What gives?

It looks like it's scanning the entire server list trying to find the 
top 3 servers...and doing so incessantly.  If that's the case, then 
that is pretty stupid, since it means mldonkey clients will all 
gradually converge on a very small set of servers, theoretically 
ending up on one server...that is entirely NOT the point, and if we 
all go back to edonkey-protocol-101, we learn that the particular 
server you are connected to has little to do with how many sources 
you find etc.

This 'feature' seems like a fantastic way to get mldonkey banned by 
servers again...just what the network needs, a client that seeks out 
the busiest servers...

WTF, I'm connected to SEVEN servers now...

Brett
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