aMule Forum
English => Feature requests => Topic started by: Guest on October 23, 2003, 10:15:42 PM
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I have seen it too often. Some guy keeps a file ready for upload and can see in the stats how much is uploaded. When 95% is complete he removes the file. Now after a month or so 100 people have 95% and the file is never completed. :evil:
So I thought it would be nice if amule would have the option to only start downloading a file if it has seen all parts. :roll:
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What if the guy suddenly returns with the full file ?
Yes, amule should allow to start downloading a file even if it is not complete because this can change during the next weeks. This is especially true for rare files where guys don't always stay on amule 24/24.
Maybe we should have something to let us know for example that a file has not been complete on the network for the entire last week ? This would need lots of more statistics.
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Original von romv
What if the guy suddenly returns with the full file ?
Only then you start downloading.
Yes, amule should allow to start downloading a file even if it is not complete because this can change during the next weeks. This is especially true for rare files where guys don't always stay on amule 24/24.
At the risk of spreading a file that never will be completed.
Maybe we should have something to let us know for example that a file has not been complete on the network for the entire last week ? This would need lots of more statistics.
Nope. Don't download files that are not complete. It's very simple.
This is exactly what the dmca is looking for. A weak spot in the protocol. To save cycles kazaa only checksummed the first few kb of a file. Quite easy. Keep that intact and break the rest. Now 50% of all files on kazaa are broken. Downloading incomplete files is the weak spot for *Mule.
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Doesn't this go against one of the strengths of Emule?
That once you start to download a file, you then become a source..?
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Original von bingus
Doesn't this go against one of the strengths of Emule?
That once you start to download a file, you then become a source..?
Of course not. 95% of the files are complete. You should also only allow an upload if you can download a complete file. Not if you have a complete file.
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Sounds like a real bull(shit) proposal. What about releasers who use modded versions of emule to speed up initial file spreading? (Some mods only let each user see 1 different part at a time until the file is spread).
Plus , some ppl are not online 24/7 , so while the main source is offline you should still be able to download the file from the partial sources.
You don't want to be like Kazaa user? Go to forums/websites where each hash is verified(I don't want to link in this forum , but there are plenty).
If you just use the search feature and download the 1st file you see , well , it's your problem.