Re: [Mldonkey-users] emules rank positions

[Roland Arendes]

Hi

>> I am downloading a rare file and have only 3 sources.  With all of them
>> I start at position over 100 (sometimes even over 1000), come down to 5
>> or even less, and the next time I look I am back at over 100.
> I observed the same thing. Looking at the emule sources, i found that,
> if a client reaches the top position in the queue and isn't actually
> connected, emule does a "callback" and sends an unrequested
> AvailableSlotReq. I wondered if MLDonkey can handle this and captured
> this callback using ethereal. And to me, it really looks like MLDonkey
> terminated the connection as soon as it receives the unexpected
> AvailableSlotReq. So emule doesn't start uploading...
> http://www.productive-networks.de/emule-callback.tar.gz
> What do you think?

I think this is a very nice observation and should be fixed as soon as
possible. ;)

Keep up the good work

Roland