kotlomoy 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2013 Consider this situation: you partially downloaded torrent, then relocated files. After relocating files BitTorrent refuses to seed partial torrent without downloading all files.Meanwhile there are a lot of torrents which are implied to be partially downloaded. For example, aggregate torrent containing all editions of some software. It is implied that you'll download only one particular edition you need and ignore all other editions. Other example is "full discography" ot "full filmography" torrents. Such aggregate torrents are quite common.BitTorrent doesn't allow to seed such torrents. Significant flaw, isn't it? Very disappointingMy suggestion is to allow seeding of partially downloaded torrents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harold Feit 15 Report post Posted February 15, 2013 A seed, by definition, has 100% of all pieces.Additionally, because of cross-file pieces, selective downloading BREAKS more than just the definition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kotlomoy 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2013 Then my second suggestion: do not make cross-file pieces.On the other hand, before relocating files BitTorrent seeds partial downloads with no problem. So, cross-file pieces do not break anything actually. All the more so I relocate overhead chunks as well (is it cross-file pieces?).My suggestion: just make BitTorrent to not download missing files after recheck. Let it just seed. Is it a big problem? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harold Feit 15 Report post Posted February 16, 2013 Then my second suggestion: do not make cross-file pieces.This would REQUIRE a MAJOR rewrite for how torrents are made and would break compatibility with old torrents in the process. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
