> > I'm not particularly planning on implementing it. But if the capability
> > to ask the network for a particular byte range in a file (instead of the
> > whole file) were to be implemented then it would have to go in the
> > protocol as part of the request message.
> Presumably. I doubt very much it would be compatible with the network
> architecture as it is now.
Well, yeah, it would be a protocol change, after all. We're about due for
a total breaking the entire network protocol change, anyway, that's what
0.4 is.
> Widespread use of splitfiles should improve network
> performance and availability though, I suspect, as much quoted problem of
> current network is not enough requests.
Splitfiles will make large files more available because large files are
discriminated against and if they're in splitfile form then they're not.
The the down side, instead of having, for example, 1% of all files
disappear, you'll have 1% of all parts disappear. So if your split file
is, say, a zip file, then it will be corrupted. Whereas if it's an MP3 you
might be able ignore the loss.
That's 1% loss by gremlins, mind you. Properly implemented split files
should not have parts lost by popularity because all parts should have
equal popularity.
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