From 8ab5ba2cf5d09ec447202cdec819f109726553e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arvid Norberg Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:51:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated user agent documentation --- docs/manual.html | 10 +++++----- docs/manual.rst | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual.html b/docs/manual.html index 2c48b5b50..962c91200 100755 --- a/docs/manual.html +++ b/docs/manual.html @@ -1962,9 +1962,9 @@ is empty, this will be ignored.

proxy_login should be the login username for the http proxy, if this empty, the http proxy will be tried to be used without authentication.

proxy_password the password string for the http proxy.

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user_agent this is the client identification to the tracker. It will -be followed by the string "(libtorrent)" to identify that this library -is being used. This should be set to your client's name and version number. +

user_agent this is the client identification to the tracker. +The recommended format of this string is: +"ClientName/ClientVersion libtorrent/libtorrentVersion". This name will not only be used when making HTTP requests, but also when sending extended headers to peers that support that extension.

tracker_completion_timeout is the number of seconds the tracker @@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ struct peer_error_alert: alert

invalid_request_alert

This is a debug alert that is generated by an incoming invalid piece request. The handle -is a handle to the torrent the peer is a member of. Ïp is the address of the peer and the +is a handle to the torrent the peer is a member of. ìp is the address of the peer and the request is the actual incoming request from the peer. The alert is generated as severity level debug.

@@ -3137,7 +3137,7 @@ boost::filesystem::path::default_name_check(boost::filesystem::native);
 

Big thanks to Michael Wojciechowski and Peter Koeleman for making the autotools scripts.

Thanks to Reimond Retz for bugfixes, suggestions and testing

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Thanks to University of Ume for providing development and test hardware.

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Thanks to University of Umeå for providing development and test hardware.

Project is hosted by sourceforge.

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diff --git a/docs/manual.rst b/docs/manual.rst index bac1e4939..863610a10 100755 --- a/docs/manual.rst +++ b/docs/manual.rst @@ -1953,9 +1953,9 @@ empty, the http proxy will be tried to be used without authentication. ``proxy_password`` the password string for the http proxy. -``user_agent`` this is the client identification to the tracker. It will -be followed by the string "(libtorrent)" to identify that this library -is being used. This should be set to your client's name and version number. +``user_agent`` this is the client identification to the tracker. +The recommended format of this string is: +"ClientName/ClientVersion libtorrent/libtorrentVersion". This name will not only be used when making HTTP requests, but also when sending extended headers to peers that support that extension.