Re: [Mldonkey-users] feature suggestion: forward error correction

[Goswin Brederlow]

Christian Brandt <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 03:19:00AM +0200, Ignacy Gawedzki wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 02:45:45AM +0200, thus spake Christian Brandt:
> 
> > I have one idea about solving the incomplete file problem.
> > 
> > There need not necessarily be some complete copy available on some host
> > in order to avoid the problem. In fact the union of all the chunks
> > available must be the complete file.
> 
>  Goswin made a good point how to avoid spreading incomplete files. Make a 
> list of every available chunk and start download no sooner until all chunks 
> have been seen at least once. Make an override like "commit_download" for the 
> bleading edge. Add a counter to the fileinfo like "this file was 100%: 
> never/5days ago" - I think mldonkey already has this field, but I do not 
> really understand it.

Edonkey has a "last seen complete" entry. Afaik mldonkey only has
availability of oconnected clients.

MfG
        Goswin

PS: waiting for the secrets files to be released before doing any donkey work.