Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of ZeroSpeedSetting

Timestamp:

Dec 13, 2008, 12:13:25 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Waldorf

Comment:

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ZeroSpeedSetting

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 = Why does setting upload speed to 0 halt my downloads? =
-This is intentional, not a bug. I't not "the right thing" for a client to be able to set the speed to 0. Most other clients don't allow this either.
+This is intentional, not a bug. It's not the "Right Thing" for a client to be able to set the speed to 0.
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+Setting upload to '0' will get you disconnected from more and more peers, because of more and more clients are using the 'tit-for-tat' way of determining how much they'll share with you. Also, It's not 'good' for a !BitTorrent swarm if all clients allow upload to be set to '0', even if you say "I will share later".
 
 The discussion on how to handle this came up when [http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0021.html "Partial Seed Protocol" (BEP 21)] was implemented. To clarify: 
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  * Setting upload speed to 0 will enable a 'keep alive mode' with tracker, but will refuse any peer for both upload and download.
 
+Many others (like uTorrent), already don't allow you to set your upload to '0'. (Only Transmission now handles it in it's own unique way)
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 Besides being the "Right Thing" to do, this new behavior is also very powerful for scripting and scheduling.