[dcc2] Question about the necessity of multi file sends

[Theo Julienne]

Phoenix Fyrestar wrote:

>The second reason is that I do not think we should allow warez traders to sway 
>judgement on the matter.  Personally, I don't think multi-file sends will 
>have a huge impact on the warez traders anyway, since it would be just as 
>easy for them to have a script that would automatically queue downloads 
>anyway, if they don't already do this.
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>
Very true.. it's not going to make warez on IRC any more easy than it 
already is. It does provide a nice little layer to make one less step ( 
zipping ) for those people who are not totally computer litterate (I 
actually did meet someone the other day who knows alot about computers 
but has never used a zip program before o.O). IRC is certainly a great 
way for people of all ability to chat together, and if it makes it 
easier for even a small number of users to use, it's worth it.

Not to mention the fact that "use a zip instead" means someone actually 
has to download *a third party program*, when if DCC2 supports it, they 
don't.

When you look at channels like irc.us.rizon.net:7000/warezx, 
irc.absurd-irc.net:6667/DC-WAREZ, irc.us.rizon.net:7000/WAREZGROUP, 
irc.us.rizon.net:7000/porn, irc.us.rizon.net:7000/RAP-ALBUMS, 
irc.criten.net:6667/TMD-Moviez, irc.us.rizon.net:7000/ISOCORE (top few 
channels from netsplit.de channel listing by user count), etc, etc you 
can see some of IRC is already a mass p2p network. DCC2 having 
multi-file sends isn't going to make it any better or worse.

>The final reason I support it is that we never know what the future could 
>bring, maybe if we impliment it, someone down the road will come up with a 
>really neat way to use it.
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>
There are *always* uses that nobody can see at the beginning.

I think extra features like multi-file sends are a good idea for the 
little extra effort it requires from developers.

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Kind regards,

Theo Julienne
Bersirc 2.x developer