Expose tracker flag

[vRobM]

As requested to support private/public trackers, ideally the flag supports a list of trackers from a tracker file.

It would be nice to pick up trackers into a working list from the torrents/magnets from the UI, not only DHT. (let me know if this needs a new issue)

[anacrolix]

I'll add a flag to add implicit trackers to all torrents. At the moment if you enter a magnet link in the search bar that contains trackers, those should already be used. You are correct that DHT search results should not currently use any trackers (other than the DHT).

[vRobM]

I noticed the search results never include tracker results. So newly published torrents take 1-2 days to appear in DHT which is disappointingly long.

[anacrolix]

That's by design. cove does not use any third party discovery mechanisms. It is an automated discovery from the DHT. You can enter your own magnet links and info hashes that you have located yourself.

[vRobM]

I have an expectation to see discovery for hashes/magnets/trackers that were input myself.

w/o that, I understand, DHT is all there is.

[anacrolix]

This will be in the next release as -implicitTracker, which you can repeat for each tracker.

[vRobM]

does that mean UI inputs will add implicit trackers if present?

[vRobM]

This needs a default value so it doesn't fail launching w/o params

0.0.8 had this right

[anacrolix]

I'm not sure what you mean. How is failing to launch?

[vRobM]

-implicitTracker expects a value and errors w/o it failing to start cove

[anacrolix]

-implicitTracker=url?

[vRobM]

no url value = error on startup (0.0.8 had default values if one wasn't provided)

udp://, tcp:// and http:// don't fail startup but I can't tell if they work or if scrapes happen

[anacrolix]

If you use the flag you must provide a url.