I never would have complained if I would have known that the result of my whining would be this:
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-- 0.306 --
* Changed autosearch so that it only searches if less than 5 sources are online, this should stop galloping filelist downloads as well
It is my suggestion, my plea, that this does not continue for versions >0.306 .
Here is what it should look like in the future:
Instead of setting an arbitrary number, I suggest we make it an option in the "downloads" tab of the settings window, exactly like the "upload slots" and "simultaneous downloads" selection.
This way the user will be able to set his priorities, and not have the client/developer setting them for him.
And would someone please explain to me exactly how downloading filelists lowers the strain on hubs? I understand that you obtain the filelist from the alternate source (which was found via the hub, anyway). And I am under the impression that subsequent searches also resort to looking in the filelists ( )...which leaves me very confused, because it has to query the hub in order to find additonal results...unless by the grace of God an alternate source from file#1 also has file#2.
Please comment on the feature...as well as my question above.
-jbyrd