[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #2424: Spreading servers

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#2424: Spreading servers
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 Reporter:  communitycube  |          Owner:  daira
     Type:  enhancement    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |      Milestone:  undecided
Component:  unknown        |        Version:  1.10.0
 Keywords:                 |  Launchpad Bug:
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 Version 1.10 of Tahoe-LAFS allows to specify a list of multiple
 introducers. However, this list is static, specified per installation in
 the BASEDIR/introducers file (thanks to the multiintroducers-path used in
 i2p-Tahoe-LAFS), given that the introducer only publishes a list of
 available StorageServers and not of available Introducers. This also
 applies for the list of Helpers once the multi-helpers modification be
 implemented.

 Proposed feature consists of:

 a) publishing a list of known Introducers that will be used to update the
 StorageClient's list of introducers.

 b) publish a list of known helpers that will be used to update the
 StorageClient's list of helpers.

 Configuration in tahoe.cfg will be used to indicate that:

     In StorageClients:

         If we want or not to get the list of Introducers to be updated
 automatically.

         If we want or not to get the list of Helpers to be updated
 automatically.

     In Helper nodes:

         If we want the furl of the Helper node to be published via the
 introducer.

     In Introducer nodes:

         If we want the list of alternative introducers at
 BASEDIR/introducersfurl to be published.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/2424>
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