Selassie Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 example:torrent has 10 files. you only want 3 of them so you skip those you don't needwhen you finish downloading, seeders are still there in the peer list(probably wasting a tiny bit of bandwith), but you have no use for them anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 By definition, a seed is someone with 100% of the pieces of a torrent.If you have selectively not downloaded one or more files, you are no longer a seed by that definition, and therefore are not treated like a seed when it comes to connections.Resuming is better than selectively not downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selassie Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 ok I am a leech technically. I downloaded 50%, Don't want to waste bandwidth on things i dont needI am a nice guy so i continue uploading the 50% i have to people that needs it 8)I've done this a couple of times with azureus and it always disconnects from seeds, which makes sense to meSharing is better than not sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anime Janai Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Isn't disconnection from Seeds a good thing?Seeders, like anyone else, have a set number of upload connections to be made. If you no longer need to download from a seeder, it seems to make sense to no longer send keep_alive to the seeder. The seeder will discard your connection. That will free up a slot for the seeder to connect with someone else who actually does need seeding.So, having a new feature such as "Disconnect From Seeders When Finished" would be good. The term "finished" refers not to having 100% of the files (a true seeder) but having 100% of the downloadable files completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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