[HN Gopher] AMule 2.3.3 - The "delayed too many times, but still...
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AMule 2.3.3 - The "delayed too many times, but still not too late"
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Author : crbelaus
Score : 34 points
Date : 2021-09-12 21:17 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| cassepipe wrote:
| What's the difference between AMule compared to say torrents ? (I
| know about the latter but not about the former)
| ohgodplsno wrote:
| Fundamentally ? Not too much. AMule and other similar clients
| use both the eDonkey and Kademlia protocols. Kad is a DHT too,
| only taking different approaches to it than torrents do. Part
| of it includes it being searchable. Otherwise, similar P2P with
| buckets and downloading files in verifiable chunks.
| marcodiego wrote:
| Main advantage: decentralized search.
| canada_dry wrote:
| Releases that go back 17 years, I admire longevity in open
| source!
| pt_PT_guy wrote:
| emule is also having releases on github under
| https://github.com/irwir/eMule
| tg180 wrote:
| gonosztopi is the main developer, and he's doing a really great
| job in keeping the software alive.
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| The introduction of CMake does not mean anything for users, but
| is a major feature.
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| Previously the different build systems were mixed and not
| integrated: autotools, xcode, vscode, shell scripts..
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| It should now be easier to maintain the code base.
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| Congrats!
| resoluteteeth wrote:
| I had no idea this still exists, but congratulations to them on
| the release.
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