From: zooko <zooko@zooko.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:41:37 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: zfec: make the default K and M for the cmdline "zfec" tool be 3-of-8
X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/vdrive/%22news.html/rgr-080307.php?a=commitdiff_plain;h=69208d5d678e565ab4a33906e0870e9f4fe29eeb;p=tahoe-lafs%2Fzfec.git

zfec: make the default K and M for the cmdline "zfec" tool be 3-of-8

The unit tests currently expect these defaults.

darcs-hash:58dc1f683e135b0107e055f9651254c7965be1f5
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diff --git a/zfec/zfec/cmdline_zfec.py b/zfec/zfec/cmdline_zfec.py
index 2f3d94f..f8464d3 100755
--- a/zfec/zfec/cmdline_zfec.py
+++ b/zfec/zfec/cmdline_zfec.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import filefec
 from zfec import __version__ as libversion
 __version__ = libversion
 
+DEFAULT_K=3
+DEFAULT_M=8
+
 def main():
 
     if '-V' in sys.argv or '--version' in sys.argv:
@@ -24,8 +27,8 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('-d', '--output-dir', help='directory in which share file names will be created (default ".")', default='.', metavar='D')
     parser.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', help='prefix for share file names; If omitted, the name of the input file will be used.', metavar='P')
     parser.add_argument('-s', '--suffix', help='suffix for share file names (default ".fec")', default='.fec', metavar='S')
-    parser.add_argument('-m', '--totalshares', help='the total number of share files created (default 8)', default=8, type=int, metavar='M')
-    parser.add_argument('-k', '--requiredshares', help='the number of share files required to reconstruct (default 3)', default=3, type=int, metavar='K')
+    parser.add_argument('-m', '--totalshares', help='the total number of share files created (default 16)', default=16, type=int, metavar='M')
+    parser.add_argument('-k', '--requiredshares', help='the number of share files required to reconstruct (default 4)', default=4, type=int, metavar='K')
     parser.add_argument('-f', '--force', help='overwrite any file which already in place an output file (share file)', action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', help='print out messages about progress', action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', help='quiet progress indications and warnings about silly choices of K and M', action='store_true')