On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 03:16:29PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Every server in McDonalds can provide you with any item on the menu, but in
> McFreenet, only one server may have the requested item.  In this case, the
> exchange would proceed:
> 
> Client: I want key X.
> Server: I have key X, but I'm too busy.  I may free up in Y time.
> Client: Ok, I'll wait, put me on your send queue 
> OR
> Client: Forget it. (or no reply at all)

I am not really sure if this would be worth the architectural changes 
it would require, when is a node going to decide that it is better to 
wait than to ask someone else?  I can't think of any situation in which 
a rational node would just decide to wait.  Either way, let's get the 
basic scheme implemented, get back to NGR, and then worry about further 
enhancements after that - our TODO stack is already pretty large.

Ian.

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Ian Clarke                                                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Coordinator, The Freenet Project              http://freenetproject.org/
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