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Current Multi-tracker announce mode makes no sense

by notaLamer on 2021/05/25 09:24:28 PM    
Settings > Trackers > Multi-tracker announce mode

All: OK, we announce to all

Only first group: This makes little sense.

Let's assume there're 2 completely different trackers. TrackerA and TrackerB:
http://trackerA

http://trackerB
The torrent is publicly available and as such, some people came from and communicate ONLY with Tracker A, while other people ONLY have Tracker B.

In case of 'All groups' - there's no issue. Tixati will talk to both trackers and gather all peers.
In case of 'Only first group' - Tixati will miss out on half the peers because it only talks to the first working TrackerA.

Instead there should be a setting: 'One tracker per separate group'

This way, Tixati will talk to both different trackers. Also it will allow fail-over addresses for different servers of the same Bittorrent tracker:

http://trackerA_address1
http://trackerA_address2
http://trackerA_address3

http://trackerB_address1
http://trackerB_address2

Tixati would only talk to *address2 of each group if the primary server is unresponsive.

A list of this hierarchy is easier to understand and keep up to date.

Thanks




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