[Mldonkey-users] Re: [2.02-9] Expiring sources to fast?

[Sven Hartge]

MLdonkey <address@hidden> wrote:

>>  My 2.02-9 (Overnet switched off) is expiring sources very fast, as it
>>  seems. My download rate is down to an absolute minimum, because many
>>  files don't have any sources or only about 10. One file even went from
>>  over 200 sources down to 12. I know, it is not _that_ rare.
 
> Contrary to all previous versions of mldonkey, versions 2-02-7/8/9 reject
> sources who claim they have not the file you want. Formerly, the
> NoSuchFile message was ignored, but not anymore. Moreover, mldonkey
> itself sends this message when a request asks for a file that is not
> shared. The result is that many sources are removed when mldonkey
> discovers they are not sharing the file anymore.

Which is the only sensible thing to do.

> For the bad download rates, the source management system is the only
> part which might be responsible for the problem, and we plan to test a
> new system soon, and maybe give an option to choose at runtime which
> system you want to use :)
 
Well, the rates ain't that bad, after some running time, and right now
it stabilised at about 170 to 200 sources.

So, I am going to investigate this some more.

S°

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