[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #2117: Valid helper makes "Connected to Q of R" irrelevant for upload success

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#2117: Valid helper makes "Connected to Q of R" irrelevant for upload success
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 Reporter:  Faux         |          Owner:  daira
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  undecided
Component:  unknown      |        Version:  1.10.0
 Keywords:               |  Launchpad Bug:
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 When a machine has a valid helper configured and connected, the number of
 storage nodes it is directly connected to becomes far less interesting.

 For example:
 * Machine A is sitting on some awful network (and hence can't connect to
 nearly anything), but I've made sure it can access the helper (H).
 * Machine H, the helper, can talk to most of the machines in the storage
 cluster.
 * Machine A's status page reports "Connected to 1 of 9 storage nodes".
 * Machine H's status page reports "Connected to 8 of 9 storage nodes".

 From looking at A's status page, it's impossible(?) to know that uploads
 (at 3-7-10) will succeed.

 It would be nice if this was clearer, perhaps by reporting the helper's
 status?

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