Umm, I'm glad you think that multicast is a good idea, but you can't run off and implement features like this on a whim anyway. If you want to experiment with new features you can do so on a separate tree, possibly putting the necessary code in the contrib directory. We have too many developers attached to this project for the main code to be a playground for everybody's undiscussed pet ideas.
And regardless of the merit of using multicast, your current implementation breaks the intended protocol independence of the Node. As it is (and unless Brandon and Ian strongly disagree with me), I would rather you removed this code, and then you can put it back when it has been properly discussed and implemented. On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Bill Trost wrote: > Oskar Sandberg writes: > __What UDP/multicast solution?___ > > Committed. (-: > > I spent the last few days putting together support for multicasting > DataRequests. It's still in the experimental phase, so I have left if > off by default, but it has worked for me. > > Things to consider: > > * I don't have a real multicast network here (@#$%^& @Home), > so it may not "really" do multicast -- I have no way to see. > However, it works for me on my ether broadcast address and on > 224.0.0.1. > > * Multicast TTLs may be important, but I see no way to control > them under JDK 1.1.8, and I can't test it anyhow. > > * It should support multiple addresses. > > * I have been seeing redundant DataReply messages -- don't know > why. > > * How do we choose "the" Freenet multicast address? > > _______________________________________________ > Freenet-dev mailing list > Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev -- Oskar Sandberg md98-osa at nada.kth.se #!/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj $/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1 lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/) _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
