[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #467: allow the user to specify which servers a given gateway will use for uploads

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#467: allow the user to specify which servers a given gateway will use for
uploads
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     Reporter:  warner   |      Owner:  leif
         Type:           |     Status:  new
  enhancement            |
     Priority:  major    |  Milestone:  1.12.0
    Component:  code-    |    Version:  1.1.0
  peerselection          |   Keywords:  availability preservation cache
   Resolution:           |  anti-censorship placement backend rollback add-
Launchpad Bug:           |  only
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Comment (by dawuud):

 In order to utilize the "introducer-less" feature and make use of the
 previously cached
 announcements without connecting to the introducer the user must:

 1. comment out the introducer furl from the .tahoe/private/introducers
 file

 2. comment out the introducer furl from the .tahoe/tahoe.cfg file

 3. add a "introducer.furl" to tahoe.cfg that contains the "swissnum"
 section of the previously used introducer furl. this results in tahoe
 loading announcements from a file named:

 swissnum.introduced.yaml

 however usage of multiple old style furls ending in the string
 "introducer" will not work properly with this feature set because they
 will cause the client's gateway to locally cache their announcements to
 the same file named:

 introducer.introduced.yaml

 Is this the desired user interface for the "introducer-less" feature?

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/467#comment:45>
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