[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1086: servers should attempt to open connections to clients

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#1086: servers should attempt to open connections to clients
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     Reporter:  zooko         |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major         |  Milestone:  eventually
    Component:  code-network  |    Version:  1.7β
   Resolution:                |   Keywords:  introducer
Launchpad Bug:                |
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Comment (by zooko):

 The main advantage of the p2p way is that a user might be able to
 successfully run a server even if they don't know what a "port number" is
 and they don't want to learn. Perhaps this is not a desirable result!
 Because such servers are likely to be unreliable anyway.

 In any case, if we supported multiple ways to do it (note: I'm almost
 always opposed to having more than one way to do it), then as long as the
 way that is friendly to non-technical users is the default then that
 advantage is preserved. If the user has to set a configuration setting in
 order to get that behavior then that advantage evaporates.

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Ticket URL: <http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1086#comment:11>
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