Queue management
 

Small problem I've noticed with the way 2.9.11 manages its upload queue.

On my local installation, six upload slots are permitted. Commonly it will sit with 3 items uploading and the upload queue full. Items 5 and 6 on the queue do not seem to be allowed to start upload until item 4 has started.

Clients typically wait 1 minute before attempting to resume a queued download, leaving on average a 30 second gap between a slot becoming available and upload starting. Where files are of a size small enough to upload in less than half a minute, upload slots to become free more than once every 30 seconds. The net result of this is that of the six upload slots, typically only 2-3 are uploading while the queue sits full.

I would propose that, where N upload slots are free, requests to start upload from any of the top N items on the queue be honoured.

An option to adjust the maximum upload queue length would be handy to tinker with also.

That's an excellent idea, topbanana, and one that we may very well implement. Thanks!

Just wanted to give this a bump - I would definitely still find this to a valuable improvement to the software.

Ohhh.. thanks for the bump, topbanana. I just emailed myself a link to thread so I wouldn't forget it again.

FYI, this is implemented in our development version now. Expect to see it in the 3.5.X series.

*bows humbly to the gods of limewire*