hi matthew,

Matthew Toseland schrieb:
> > Another idea. Or switching it on automatically, if you have as many
> > failures that you cannot complete the file and no successful block.
>
> I don't get it.

set paranoid checking to true. try to dl the splitfile.

if it fails because there were too few blocks decodable, and if there
was no single block decodable, retry with paranoia off.

> Um... there is no datastore bug.

Where do you know that from? At least there is a heisenbug, and as a bug
alone cannot survive, there must be another one, the datastore bug.
However, for some reason it cannot live in native datastores. ;-)

> > > I understand mihi is frustrated, but the idea of trying to support 
> > > splitfiles
> > > with metadata is just wrong.  There is no reason to do it.
> >
> > Okay, you have the list of sites in my previous post. Download all
> > splitfiles of them and reinsert them properly with at least HTL 20 onto
> > your site. (that will also help the original authors, as they get
> > KeyCollisions for the blocks when FIW is fixed.) When you are finished,
> > come again and say "no reason" again.
>
> Mostly, this would be illegal.

Why? Does GJ live in a country where free speech is not permitted? 

> > > It is hard and it complicates the code.
> >
> > ignoring it and swithcing all specialties off should not be the problem.
> > Simply show a warning in the UI then...

> Uh huh. "Freenet may cause the file to be corrupted. We cannot do
> anything about this because the FIW author won't change one line of
> code.".

LOL, if you want to, write that text in. you might do

s/code./code and we don't wanna add a workaround for a tool that is only
used for 53% of all new freesites./

and no, i don't believe the percentage is right, but it would fit the
style (exaggeration). 

you could also write:
"this splitfile uses a deprecated format, and so it is impossible both
to verify its integrity and to heal it."

however, I *will* change it, i promise. But y'know, there are priorities
for me. I don't get any cent (neither dollar cent nor euro cent) for my
work on FIW.

> > And fixing the code does not help for the freesites that are already
> > inserted.

I'm leaving that quoted here.

mihi

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