PATCH: diablo style hashfeeds

["Miquel van Smoorenburg"]

In article <EA07642DBE43446D8DC331EA00ABF54D at Iulius>,
Julien ÉLIE  <julien at trigofacile.com> wrote:
>Hi Miquel,
>
>> This patch makes it possible to configure so-called 'hashfeeds':
>> an articles message-id is hashed to an integer value and you
>> can send articles to a peer based on the range(s) the value is in.
>
>Thanks a lot for this new-style hashfeed!
>
>
>> +Example:
>> +
>> +    Q1-3/10  Feeds about 30% of the messages
>> +    Q4-5/10  Feeds about 20% of the messages
>> +    Q6/10    Feeds about 50% of the messages
>
>It is Q6-10/10 for the last one (otherwise, it is like Q6-6/10).

Ah yes, that's a typo. Good catch.

>By the way, should consistency be checked for instance for something
>like Q7-2/4 which will trigger weird results off?  Or is it worthless?

Right now, using invalid syntax like that will indeed trigger
unexpected results, but there is enough checking to make sure
it will not cause things like hangs, crashes or security holes.

One could write a warning to the logs I guess, that would be
helpful for someone debugging his or hers  configuration.

Mike.
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