On Tuesday 02 October 2001 19:04, you wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 06:24:34PM -0400, Gianni Johansson wrote: > > The current SplitFile metadata spec doesn't specify block sizes. > > > > Why was this done? > > > > Clients need to know the block size in order to implement reading > > byte ranges efficiently. e.g. to support the HTTP Range: header in > > fproxy. > > > > I propose that the spec be changed to include a BlockSize field. > > > > -- gj > > Because the new CHKs include the blocksize in one of the final bytes. Is this spec'd.
If so where? It seems quite ridculous to force the client writers to mess with the internals of keys, when you could very easily add one line to the splitfile spec. --gj > > > -- > > Freesites > > (0.3) freenet:MSK at SSK@enI8YFo3gj8UVh-Au0HpKMftf6QQAgE/homepage// > > (0.4) freenet:SSK at npfV5XQijFkF6sXZvuO0o~kG4wEPAgM/homepage// > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > Devl at freenetproject.org > > http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl -- Freesites (0.3) freenet:MSK at SSK@enI8YFo3gj8UVh-Au0HpKMftf6QQAgE/homepage// (0.4) freenet:SSK at npfV5XQijFkF6sXZvuO0o~kG4wEPAgM/homepage// _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
