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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 179456] KTorrent does not allow you to pause individual torrents
From:       Joris Guisson <joris.guisson () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-12-25 12:07:41
Message-ID: 20091225120741.627BB2D2FB () immanuel ! kde ! org
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--- Comment #21 from Joris Guisson <joris guisson gmail com>  2009-12-25 13:07:37 ---
The standard is pretty clear to me, if you are not going to ask for blocks, you
are not interested, and the other side should not unchoke you.

> The upside of remaining interested is a quicker return to normal function, and
> decreased chance of peers disconnecting from us. Can you describe to me the
> downside to the peer of a connection remaining interested while in between
> requests, as long as at any moment it may be requesting?

The downside is that the other side could be serving some other peer, which is
better for the swarm (higher availability of chunks)

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