* bbackde at googlemail.com <bbackde at googlemail.com> [2006-12-29 22:04:07]:

> Following SimpleProgress shows it: some threads in freenet node seems
> to be started and do not finish if we have all the needed blocks:
> 
> SimpleProgress {Total=9606, FatallyFailed=2, FinalizedTotal=true, Failed=287, 
> Su
> cceeded=6411, Identifier=get-11673399350836773, Required=6404} EndMessage
> 
> Its a request with DDA enabled, not in global queue.
> 
> Reasons? Fixes? Ideas?

Well, it's a wholly erroneous interpretation of what "required" means.
It does mean that the download *can't* complete without that "amount" of
blocks... but it doesn't mean it will.

Ever heard of ForwardErrorCorrection and Hamming distance ?
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