On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 02:53:12AM -0500, Scott G. Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 12:36:34AM -0500, Travis Bemann wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 10:16:55PM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote:
> > > > While I agree that this is a high priority, you can't make a change like
> > > > that right before a release. The process is add features, test features,
> > > > fix bugs, test more, release. We should just release now and then add it
> > > > and try for another release soon.
> > >
> > > Of course significant changes should generally not be made before a
> > > release, but common sense should also be applied. Adding a small
> > > probability that a HTL will not be decremented is very straight-forward
> > > and doesn't really leave much room for bugs.
> >
> > Such a probability should IMHO be between 0.2 and 0.5.
>
> 0.5????? Thats pretty high.
The whole point is to make it very difficult for one to determine
where a request ended. Setting this probability between 0.2 and 0.5
(setting it really high) is an extremely effective way to do so.
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