Improve download sequential order

[steve72]

Today i think the use of random vs sequential order is determined by the bundles age, which i think is determined from the age in peoples filelists.

A better approach would be how many sources there are for the bundle.
A release with few sources, a new or old, should have random order as default.
It would make the release spread faster

[maksis (maksis)]

Or should the order be randomized rather only when there are other users downloading the same bundle?

[steve72 (steve72)]

I guess that would work too.

[Sopor (sopor)]

I don't understand this random download. If you not share what you download this have no effect. So if you don't use that feature let it download in sequel order, both new as old.

[maksis (maksis)]

Randomizing the download order dynamically might be a bit messy. Is this still a common issue for you?

[steve72 (steve72)]

Well, it's not a huge problem but more a smarter way to download files/releases with few or single source. Easiest would be to use randomize based on the number of sources.

The benefits are great if the single source is slow. The users downloading will almost only download from the single source and not benefit from downloading from each other.

[maksis (maksis)]

Based on my experience, people aren't generally that interested in 'smarter ways'. Just consider https://www.airdcpp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=571&start=25#p8713 that's currently breaking the source selection, let alone totally obvious cases of limiter use that can be spotted instantly just by looking at the user list. Since 'smarter ways' usually mean more time spent on implementing features and maintaining them, I've actually started to prefer simplicity.