Tracker protocol unclear text

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Tracker protocol unclear text

Closed this issue 11 years ago · 2 comments

"The ID and peer ID are combined into a single string separated by an "@" character, and sent as the "id" parameter."

It's not clear which ID is referring to. The ids should be clarified with an abbreviation consistent in the whole text.

Answer 1 · 2014-01-12T17:02:08.000Z

You're right, during the development of the spec the IDs have morphed a number of times, and are confusing. The tracker protocol is where it becomes the most unmanageable. It's probably time to make the tracker request a JSON post, so that we can make things amply clear. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I will fix it.

Answer 2 · 2014-03-24T19:27:49.000Z

I have rewritten the tracker protocol section, which is more explicit about what ID means.