Hi list, this is a quite lengthy mail that I had planned to write for some weeks now.
Over the recent months (possibly even a year or so), I have seen my upload volume declining from what was once a high load to a mere dribble. I consider this a real problem, because I really like to share my files to the net, to give back value to the gnutella network. If this doesn't work, this is bad. The decrease in my upload volume seems to be a superposition of several independent effects. The most visible step happened when I once cleared my host caches, causing a re-bootstrap, which lead to BearShare ultrappers completely vanishing from my view. I knew that this would happen, because some of you developers said that BearShare was no longer listed in the more modern bootstrap databases. But now that my host cache has re-matured for some months, BearShare ultrapeers still didn't come back. Question: Why is this so? Even if BearShare ultrapeers are no longer listed in the bootstrapping databases, shouldn't they appear in my cache after some network use? Question: Is there nothing we could do on our own to prevent BearShare from vanishing into their own island? This would obviously be bad for all of us. Nowadays, all my connections are to LimeWire ultras. This doesn't sound bad, but I realize that with these ultras, as opposed to the BearShare ultras that used to fill my slots before, there are now fewer searches reaching my leaf (Query(RX)), and even fewer hits sent out by my leaf (QHit(TX)). I tend to consider these numbers, especially the latter one, a quality measure for a given UP connection, because I like to get my upload slots used. Question: Why do LimeWire ultrapeers send me much fewer searches than Bearshare once did? But there seems to be going on more than just the difference between LW and BS UPs. I think I have also noticed a much smoother decline in my uploads that adds to the sharp break described. Over the last months, there seems to be less and less demand for my shared files. One possible reason could be that I only share ogg files. But I have done so since day one, nothing has changed. Question: Could it be possible that some major gnutella client hides ogg files from their users in newer versions? On a related note, but not exactly matching the "something has changed" pattern above, I have also noticed that, after I successfully downloaded a file, I seem to disappear from the mesh unnecessarily fast. About one hour or so after I finished a download, I can be sure that there is noone left who wants to download that file from me. Question: Why is this so? Shouldn't I stay in the mesh forever after I downloaded a file? It is one of bittorrent's strengths that downloaders seed a file infinitely if they don't explicitly decide otherwise. Shouldn't it be the same on gnutella? So, it all boils down to "where are my uploads gone"? Something is really suboptimal and should be fixed. But what ist it, exactly? Greetings, Hauke Hachmann ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Gtk-gnutella-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk-gnutella-devel
