introduce eager links

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/transport/mod.rs b/src/transport/mod.rs
index 25f9b7c..7f1aa98 100644
--- a/src/transport/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transport/mod.rs
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Status {
     /// STATUS answered only if the recipient's heads differ. Most announcements reach a
     /// neighbour that has the changes already, which has nothing to tell.
     pub(crate) announcing: bool,
+    /// The sender wants the recipient's changes as soon as the recipient applies them,
+    /// sent as sync messages (an eager link, `swarm::relay`), not only announced. Every
+    /// STATUS says so, or not, again: one lost changes nothing for long.
+    pub(crate) eager: bool,
 }
 
 /// Cheap to clone: large parts are shared (`bytes::Bytes`).