Re: Using the DHT to find download sources

--- In [email protected], Raphael_Manfredi@... wrote:
>
> Quoting Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@...> from ml.gnutella.dev-forum:
> :Gnutella can take care of keyword searches (and can be further
optimized to do 
> :them even better), while Kademlia takes care of hash searches (like
nodeIDs, 
> :exact files, etc.)
> 
> Well said.
> 
> That is exactly what we should aim for as a first step.
> 
> Once this works openly (with several vendors inter-operating), we'll
be able
> to see how we can improve the design.  Just like Gnutella evolved
over the
> years.
> 
> Sure, evolution is a pain if you look at backward compatibility and
all the
> efforts you need to convince others to change things, but at least
you have
> something that "works" (albeit imperfectly) meanwhile.
> 
> If you start to design for perfection right from the beginning,
you'll never
> get anything working.
> 
> That does not mean we cannot take into account things we can foresee
as of
> now, but I'm sure there are other things none of us can foresee
today and
> which will become hot features in the forthcoming years.  So let's
recognize
> that perfection is not a requirement.
> 

Perfection is not a requirement, but flexible is.

Best,
Peng